Re: Weekly Vocab 8

Okay, in Slaalehg ikreen, the language of the Liefliez.

Christopher Wright wrote:
> 1. kilogram (appropriate unit of weight or mass for you and your
> conculture)
> I need a kilogram of flour.
1. flihdeed. A unit of weight based on the average weight of a feefleed,
a rat-like rodent which is a staple of the Liefliez diet (They are
basically winged serpents). Approx 3 lbs.

Liest gayst lihflihzeed ehgahkayk flihdeed.
I need wheat ADJ(ground, kilogram). Being carnivorous, flour would be an
unknown concept until they meet some other culture.

>
> 2. bread
> It's for the bread that I must serve to my cousin.
2. Lihflihzeed ehflehvayg
Liet gayft lihflihzeed ehflehvayk erdehnoesh gootrooz.
It (is needed by) wheat ADJ(baked, (that is to be given to)PREP(cousin))

> 3. fever
> He has a fever.
3. Veevood
Seeliest vayvoev
He (is possessed by evil fire spirits)

> 4. delirious
> He is delirious with it, hallucinating that I am a (conculturally
> appropriate monster).
4. Voesluhv (to be delirious)
Seeliest voesluhft iest ervoefuv liest laast vood erehvoeflehz trood
He (is delerious) AND (is hallucinating that)PREP(I am vood erehvoeflehz
trood)
A vood erehvoeflehz trood translates to "evil family-devouring spirit".
In folklore, a hideous monster that will stalk a persons family, killing
and devouring them one-by-one when no one is looking and replacing them
with doppelgangers until you are the last one. At which point the
doppelgangers make a feast out of you.

> 5. medicine
> The illness requires expensive medicine.
5. Voosaad
Oevoesahst lahgayst voosaad ihkroodeed ihtihtied
(to cure) requires medicine ADJ(cost ADJ(much))

> 6. witch / quack / healer / shaman
> The witch says that her cure only requires a few yams.
6. Viekiez (sort of a cross between a nutritionist, a personal trainer,
and an acupuncturist)
Viekiest erslahd oevoesahst lahgast krieflihzihd ihtootied
healer saysPREP( (to cure) requires yams ADJ(few) )

> 7. useless
> I thought, if her cure turns out to be useless, I can still order the
> doctor's medicine.
7. Koosihd
Liest sluht orsood orihseed liest nehkrool ihsood voosaad ihvoosaaz
voosaat erslesh koosihd
I thought (possibility of)PREP ADJ(choice of)PREP(I purchase ADJ(can)
medicine ADJ(doctor)) medicine (is revealed)PREP(useless)

> 8. poultice
> The witch concocted a simple poultice of yams.
8. Viekried
Viekriest naytreht viekried ihlaat krieflihzihd
healer concocted poultice ADJ(simple, yam)

> 9. to assure
> S/he assured me that it couldn't fail no matter what.
9. Slayslaht
Seeliest erslayslaht liet sehtrahz ihsehsood iteed liez
She (assured)PREP(it fail ADJ(cannot ADJ(absolutely))) me

> 10. to work, succeed
> I am certain it would have worked if she had told me to put it on my
> cousin's chest rather than eating it!
> (That is to say, I ate it since it was made of yams.)
10. Trahz
Liest slayst ihlaat orsood orihlaht liest fleht lied orseed liet traaz
seeliest erslaht liet erdehsh vieleed ihgootrooz liez
I believe ADJ(truely) (possibility of)PREP ADJ( (happening like)PREP(I
ate it), (choice of)PREP(it succeeded) ) she (had told)PREP( it (to be
put on)PREP( chest ADJ(cousin) )) me

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> ~Wright
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