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Re: Weekly Vocab 16

From:Rob Haden <magwich78@...>
Date:Monday, July 28, 2003, 22:09
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