Re: Vocab #10

Aidan Grey <grey@...> wrote:
>
>   Brought to you by a (architecture), d (directions), and subordinate
> clauses.
    in Gladilatian:

>   1. house
    nlamrat

    "Nlamrat" means a building or a part of a building treated as a separate
unit.  It can mean "house", "store", "office", etc.  If a company rented a
section of a large office building, for example, their section would be a
"nlamrat", not the whole building.
    Those of you who have read my novella may recall that "nlamrat" was part
of the first bit of Gladilatian in the story, in the sentence "Nrau melmuot
nlamrat.", "This is a jewelry store.".

>   2. wall
    mnu

    This can also mean "fence".

>   3. door
    ose

    This can also mean "hallway", "road", or "port" (the latter in the sense
of one of the topological bendings of space which gladifers use for inter-
stellar transportation).

>   4. threshhold
    memnu fetose znelau

me        p.   associated with
mnu       n.   wall, fence
fet       p.   with respect to
ose       n.   door, road, hallway, port
znela     ad.  bottom, base
u         n.   something (general placeholder)

>   5. window
    wyxat

    This is any opening which goes completely through something.  You could
say "fetmnu wyxat" to make it clear it's an opening in a wall.  A door would
not be a "fetmnu wyxat", because a "wyxat" is completely bordered by the
thing it's a hole through.

>   6. lock (v or n)
    znymaha (n. -- Glad. has no verbs.)

>   7. room
    sfamla

    This word covers hallways and porches.

>   8. bathroom
    vzomfa

    This means bathroom as in a place to eliminate bodily wastes.

>   9. corner
    nzyxame

>   10. ceiling
    akr fusynyk

    "Akr" is "high".  "Fusynyk" is either ceiling of floor.

>   My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east and
> west.
    Fofmanlamrat u la romuykot ose wo za rolfykot we romoxykot wewyxat.

fo        p.   at
fma       at.  my
nlamrat   n.   house, store, office
u         n.   something (general placeholder)
la...wo   c.   even though ... (and ...) still
ro        p.   facing
muyk      ad.  North
ot        su.  (abstractor)
ose       n.   door, road, hallway, port
za...we   c.   and
lfyk      ad.  East
moxyk     ad.  West
we        at.  plural
wyxat     n.   window, opening, hole (completely through something,
               altering the stock's topology)

>   That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
    Yletmrhxynlamrat frsfamla memumnu u.

ylet      p.   in, during
mr        st.  not
hxy       at.  typical, normal, average
nlamrat   n.   house, store, office
fr        at.  all, every
sfamla    n.   room (of a house, including a hallway or a porch)
me        p.   associated with
mu        at.  six
mnu       n.   wall, fence
u         n.   something (general placeholder)

>   The threshhold is where the door is.
    Memnu fetose znelau fomep ose fofa.

me        p.   associated with
mnu       n.   wall, fence
fet       p.   with respect to
ose       n.   door, road, hallway, port
znela     ad.  bottom, base
u         su.  (nominalizer)
fo        p.   at
mep       r.   who/which (intrinsic)
fa        n.   position, place, point in time

    This sounds kind of silly in Gladilatian, because you're saying that the
base of the door is where the door is.

>   There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
    Mru meose znymaha.  La ose mevzomfa u wo mro znymaha.

mr        st.  not
u         su.  (nominalizer)
me        p.   associated with
ose       n.   door, road, hallway, port
znymaha   n.   lock, something which secures
la...wo   c.   even though ... (and ...) still
vzomfa    n.   bathroom (i.e. place to eliminate bodily wastes)
u         n.   something (general placeholder)
mro       ad.  no, zero
znymaha   n.   lock, something which secures

>   In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many cobwebs.
    U za zmyk nzyxame we akr fofusynyk slwesyxymyt.

u         n.   something (general placeholder)
za...we   c.   and
zmyk      ad.  South
nzyxame   n.   corner
akr       ad.  high
fo        p.   at
fusynyk   n.   floor or ceiling
sl        st.  very
we        at.  plural
syxymyt   n.   cobweb, stringy stuff

    New words: mnu, znela, wyxat, znymaha, nzyxame, fusynyk, muyk, lfyk,
moxyk, syzymyt.

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                 Dennis Paul Himes    <>    himes@cshore.com
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