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Re: Weekly Vocab 22

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 23:18
Christopher Wright wrote:

>Brought to you in part by Sluggy Freelance. >1. employment
propso, ravo
>I seek employment if my liver will not burst from it.
Got hung up on this one for a bit. Needed a way to say things like "as long as" or "provided that" |macarba| breaks down as "(if) it meets (that)" but works the opposite way around. Yai hebid mu uskafis' macarba propson amiam. my liver NEG burst-3SG as-long-as work-ACC seek-1SG
>2. relative (person related to you, that is)
c'erekia
>Relatives are stereotyped as being evil.
C'erekiai skiras' agopec'abza. relatives evil stereotype-PASS* *made-as-general
>3. offense
umal
>I don't know how he could possibly take offense from a simple greeting, >but he left in a huff.
Nap sadai uksavam kunie tak'em umal anas'e mu s'iznim, ak' irekec'ie des'tais'. by simple greeting-INST how 3SG:INST offense exist-3SG:PAST NEG , but angry- ADV leave-3SG:PAST
>4. to discourage
dannevrak, diz'nan löösek/hasrak
>That discourages me because it may lose me my job.
Erom diz'nan hasram, daze herekar du ravon hasraku yan sacir. that-INST (get discouraged)-1SG , because possible THAT job-ACC lose-INF- DAT me:ACC make-3SG:FUT
>5. monkey
bisru
>We have our very own trickster monkey god here. Should I be happy or >afraid?
C'avunit yezem agmannok-bisru dunc'a anc'e. Ayyan du sugi li örk'ar c'öm? selves-DAT us:INST trickster-monkey god exist-3SG . better THAT happy or afraid be:1SG:HYP?
>6. to disappoint
awejak, awejad c'ek
>I fear that I have disappointed everyone else with an interesting nickname.
Atruc'ec' ganiton öridve k'okin awejaim örk'am. interesting nickname-ACC lack-GER others-ACC disappoint-1SG:PAST fear-1SG
>7. hammer
c'ekic
>Argh. I just tripped over a hammer and landed on my nose.
Aai. Ot c'ekicom loptaim ki ot brünu jinurjiom. Argh. on hammer-INST trip-1SG:PAST and on nose-DAT fall-1SG:PAST
>8. pattern
uzuzor
>The carpet has a pretty floral pattern on it.
Muatom rinke zaariksoi uzuzor anc'e. carpet-INST pretty floral pattern exist-3SG
>9. annoyance
(nui devas'a) = (something) which annoys
>Sweeping the floor is a minor annoyance.
Pöl peflek focyem devas'a. floor(-ACC) sweep-INF slightly annoy-3SG
>10. whisper
k'is'ek v. k'is'o n.
>He strains to hear a whisper who refuses to hear a shout.
K'is'on unyaku jines'c'a ai nure nak'uk unyak entoris'. Whisper-ACC hear-INF-DAT strain-3SG SUBJ who shout(-ACC) hear-INF refuse-3SG M