Re: Weekly Vocab 16

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:26:55 -0400, Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
wrote:

>1. to stand
>I am standing in the [place where ruling body meets; palace entry].
I've been able to translate this sentence into OurTongue!  :-D

Old OurTongue:

Thatîm(i) manâ wuruliras(e) logh(o)sumâs(e).

Classical OurTongue:

Thatim mana vurileras loksumas.  (Lit. 'I (am) stand(ing) in the place of
the ruling-body's meeting.')

Roots:

that- vtr. 'stand'; root-imperfect, present-stem that-i- (< that-î-)
ma- n. 'place, where'
vuru- vtr. 'rule'; root-imperfect, present-stem vur-i- (< wur-î-)
logho- vtr. 'gather, collect'; root-aorist, present-stem logh-i- (< logho-î-
)

Derived forms:

vurili (erg. vurulen) n. 'ruler'; Old OurTongue wuruli- (< wuru-r- via
dissimilation) (2nd /u/ is weak in Classical, often reduced to /i/)
vurilera- n. 'ruling body'; etymology is wuru-l-i-r- (-r(a) is collective
suffix, final /a/ is euphonic)
loksu- vintr. 'meet' (lit. 'be-gathered-together'); etymology is logho-so-
wa- (-so is comitative suffix ['together'], -wa is intransitivizer)

Inflectional morphemes:

-m: 1st person singular
-s: genitive
-na: locative/inessive
-ma: masdar/infinitive

Case Inflections (Old OurTongue):

               Singular               Plural               Collective

Abs.           wuruli                 wuruliti             wurulira
Erg.           wurulin                wurulitin            wuruliran
Gen.           wurulis                wurulitis            wuruliras
Dat.           wurulisi               wurulitisi           wurulirasi
Abl.           wurulidai              wurulitidai          wuruliradai
Loc.           wurulinâ               wurulitinâ           wuruliranâ
Ades.          wurulila               wurulitila           wurulirala
All.           wurulilai              wurulitilai          wuruliralai

Case Inflections (Classical OurTongue):

               Singular               Plural               Collective

Abs.           vurili                 vurilet(i)           vurilera
Erg.           vurilen                vurileten            vurileran
Gen.           vuriles                vuriletes            vurileras
Dat.           vurilesi               vuriletesi           vurilerasi
Abl.           vurilede               vuriletede           vurilerade
Loc.           vurilena               vuriletena           vurilerana
Ades.          vurilela               vuriletela           vurilerala
All.           vurilele               vuriletele           vurilerale

There are probably more cases, but I haven't finalized them yet.

Accent is tonal, with primary high tone on first syllable, and secondary
high tones on every odd syllable except the ultima (when it's odd).

- Rob