Re: Vocab #10

Good to see a comfortable vocab topic again.  ;-)


In Obrenje:


>   1. house
|gun| /gMn/ "building" or |veda| /"ve:da/ "home".


>   2. wall
|karac| /ka"rax/ "(stone, defensive) wall" or |citsomme| /sit"sOmm=/
"room-side".


>   3. door
|uraj| /M"raj/ "door, entrance" or maybe |urod| /M"rOd/ "gate,
portal".


>   4. threshhold
|urefwel| /Mr@"fwEl/ "threshold" (spelt with a single "h" BTW ;-),
which is simply shortened |uraj|+|fovel| "doorboard".


>   5. window
|tcaq| /t_haN/ "glass; window"  (onomatopoeic).


>   6. lock (v or n)
|valmo| /"valmO/ "lock", literally: "safeguarding-thing".


>   7. room
|citi| /"si:ti/ "room, cubicle" or |tawra| /"tawra/ "hall".


>   8. bathroom
|lyciti| /ly"si:ti/ "bathroom", from |luje|+|citi| "water-room".


>   9. corner
|pevad| /p@"vad/ "corner".


>   10. ceiling
|citensi| /si"tEnSi/ "ceiling", from |citi|+|ansi| "room-sky".


>   My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east
and west.

Kot      xim    veda    u    uraj  kej      soxal  joq  u    tcaq
/kOt     zim    "ve:da  wu"raj     kej      sO"al  jON  M    t_haN/
have:3e  POS:1  home    PRE  door  towards  north  but  PRE  window

kej      ruxal  a    yxal.
/kej     rM"al  a    y"al/
towards  east   and  west.


>   That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
Kot      ti    gun    tazhange    u    vul  somme   bla  jece   citi.
/kOt     ti    gMn    ta"ZaNgM         vMl  "sOmm=  bla  je:s#  "si:ti/
have:3e  this  house  NEG:common  PRE  6    side    for  each   room


>   The threshhold is where the door is.
Mo     urefwele     bys        mo     uraje.
/mO    Mr@"fwe:l    bys        mO     M"ra:j/
be:3e  threshold:d  where:REL  be:3e  door:d


>   There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
Tas     valmo   ro  sej    uraj,  ow      ro  uraje   lyciti
/tas    "valmO  rO  Sej    M"raj  ?ow     rO  M"ra:j  ly"ci:ti/
not:3e  lock    in  PLU:d  door   indeed  in  door:d  bathroom


>   In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many cobwebs.
Ro   pevade    dexal, mo     punce   ruxaciq  prej       citenis.
/rO  p@"va:d@  dE"al, mO     "pMns#  rMa"siN  prej       sit@"nis/
in   corner:d  south  be:3e  many    cobweb   fromwards  ceiling:d

I decided to use "fromwards" rather than "towards", since the
cobwebs actually hang down from the ceiling rather than being stuck
against it from below.



-- Christian Thalmann