c = [tS]
q = [N]
i+vowel = [j]
u+vowel = [w]
> 1. house
hupa
> 2. wall
pape
tato (Fr. façade, paroi ; Du. gevel)
> 3. door
hata
ciko teke "inlet [to] go"
> 4. threshhold
cumi hata "border [of] door"
> 5. window
laha
ciko niko "inlet [for] light"
> 6. lock (v or n)
katu (n) : "a lock"
hai-katu : "to lock" as in "the lock is locking/unlocking"
hai-katu-nyu" : "to lock in" as in "the door locks with someone in (the room)"
hai-katu-myu : "to lock in onself" as in "the room locks with someone in
(itself)"
kai-katu : "to lock (the lock)" = "to make (the lock) lock"
nai-katu : "to be locked"
nai-katu-nyu : "to be locked in (a room)"
nai-katu-myu : "to be locked someone in oneself" as in "the room is locked on
the prisoner"
tai-katu : "to lock (a door)" = "to let (the door) be locked"
tai-katu-nyu : "to lock (someone) in (a room)"
tai-katu-myu : "to lock (a room) with someone in (it)"
pai-katu : "to lock (oneself)"
pai-katu-nyu : "to lock oneself in (a room)"
pai-katu-myu : "to lock someone in oneself"
> 7. room
cemi
cemi hupa "room [of] house"
> 8. bathroom
cemi luno "room [of] tub"
> 9. corner
tiha "angle"
tiha noco "angle [of] building"
> 10. ceiling
maqaha "un-floor" < maha "floor" + -q- "reverse/opposite"
> My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east
and west.
Hupa cika kami amaihata iamaitepe hene uamailalaha iamaitepe nomi uanoqomi.
House dwell [of] me has-door which-has-direction north with-having-windows
which-have-direction east with-un-east.
> That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
Kama hupa atuquna maicecemi iamaikima pape.
That house is-un-usual [with] having-rooms which-have-six wall.
> The threshhold is where the door is.
Cumi hata umana hata.
Border [of] door [is] at-place [of] door.
(this sounds a dumb sentence in Tunu)
> There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
Hahata akela maikatu uaceme hata cemi luno.
Doors don't have-lock even door [of] room [of] tub.
> In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many cobwebs.
Apuna meko nuto omaqaha utiha pape ieheqene.
There-are-many net [of] spider from-un-floor at-angle [of] wall
which-[is]-to[wards]-un-north.
Mathias
http://takatunu.free.fr/tunugram.htm