Vocab 2.7 in Kélen

On Friday 29 November 2002 16:59, Aidan Grey wrote:
> 1. machinery
>      To repair machinery is difficult.
anpíríki 'machine' < -pírík- 'gear' < -pír- 'tooth'

la jaNúta ñi anenáríki anpíríki;
la jaNúta ñi anpíríki anenáríki;
be difficult-thing become machine(collective)
repaired-thing(collective).
(The word order of the last two words is irrelevant, since they
rename each other.)

New Word: -enárík- 'repair, fix, make whole'

> 2. into
>      Entering into machinery is a serious matter.
rá ... mé 'to ... in'

la jakewála ñi rá anpíríki mé;
be serious-thing become to machine in.
(ñi rá is an idiom for go, & the modifier mé adds the in(to).)

> 3. wicked
>      She wants to be a wicked woman.
anpíña 'badness, wickedness'

pa jakíña ñi macéna pa anpíña;
PA her-want become woman PA wickedness.
(pa is the whole-part relational: pa whole part, or whole pa part
when in a subclause.)

pa jakíña ñi macéna mapíña;
pa jakíña ñi mapíña macéna;
PA her-want become woman wicked-person
(As in sentence 1, since the last two nouns rename each other, their
order is irrelevant.)

> 4. mid-
>      Mid-century, being a wicked woman was dangerous.
áñ 'midst, middle'

il jílxieni Nó áñ il te jaséña ñi macéna mapíña;
il jílxieni Nó áñ il te jaséña ñi mapíña macéna;
when years 96 middle then be+past danger become woman wicked-person
(no word for century, but jílxieni Nó would be a good place to start.)

> 5. turn
>      It's your turn.
>      He needs to turn around.
-rús- 'return, something that happens cyclically'
-íTál- 'return, come back around'
-wéL- 'turn, curve'

ál an jarúsa-nrie;
now be+present turn-yours

pa jakúña ñi míTála; ????
w/p his-need become turned-around-person
I'm not sure if this is a legal sentence. It doesn't seem right to
me. Mostly because I'm not sure about míTála.

> 6. historical
>      They want to study historical documents.
(New) anesálen 'history' < -sál- 'song'

pa sáeT jakíña se antawála mo jemómi jesáleni;
PA 3p-pl 3p-want SE study GOAL pages historical-things
pa sáim jakíña se antawála mo jesáleni jemómi;
PA 3p-paucal 3p-want SE study GOAL historical-things pages
(SE is the transactional relational: it has an object that passes
from a source to a goal.  Here the object is study, the source is
'they' and the goal is 'historical documents'.)
(Their want is to give study to historical documents.)

> 7. upset
>      We are upset about his coming.
(New) ankemása 'upset-ness' < -más- 'frown'

assuming 1p exclusive:
pa liénne ankemása to ñi ma rá Tó;
pa léim ankemása to ñi ma rá Tó;
PA 1p-dual   (or)
PA 1p-paucal upset-ness from become 3p to here.

> 8. him
>      We need to tell him.
varies according to the syntax...

pa liénne lekúña selneme jáo;
pa léim lekúña selneme jáo;
PA 1p-excl-dual   (or)
PA 1p-excl-paucal 1p-need SE+1p-excl-paucal-src+3p-sg-goal that.
(The dual/paucal distinction exists in full form pronouns, but not in
the inflected form of SE.)

pa liér lekúña senneme jáo;
pa ñéim lekúña senneme jáo;
PA 1p-incl-dual   (or)
PA 1p-incl-paucal 1p-need SE+1p-incl-paucal-src+3p-sg-goal that.
(jáo is required to complete the sentence, since the object of SE
isn't referenced anywhere else.)
(We need to tell him that.)

> 9. damage
>      They are trying to damage our reputation.
>      It took a lot of damage in the battle.
jaketúra 'damage' < -túr- 'injury, harm'

céja anetenne jaketúra jassálárien;
céja anetenne jassálárien jaketúra;
trying SE+present+3p-paucal-src+1p-incl-paucal-goal damaged-thing
reputation
(They are trying to give us a damaged reputation.)

te jaketúra ná to jakáNNe;
SE+past+null-src/goal damage much from battle
(SE+past+null-src/goal 'It took' is indistinguishable from be+past:
'There was'.)

> 10. apparatus
>      This apparatus needs to be repaired.
apparatus? anákíki (generic word for a collection of things set in
order)

pa anákíki Tó jakúña ñi anenáríki;
PA apparatus this its-need become repaired-thing

pa anákíki Tó jakúña jenáríki;
PA apparatus this its-need repairs.
This last is PA whole(this apparatus) part(its-need)
part-of-part(repairs).

Bye,
-Sylvia
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