broken

Roger Mills wrote:

> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >Can anyone think of an English word meaning "broken, without hope of
> >ever fixing it"...
>
> ObConlang:  Kash cakroca means exactly that.  Plain kroca means, 'broken
> (but probably repairable)'; related to hoca 'take apart, undo', hoca ceret
> 'to divorce'
ObOtherConlang:  Tokana has words like this too.  By adding the formative _suh-_
"away, forth" to a verb of breaking, you get a verb meaning "break irrevocably":

  takia  "break in two [esp. something long and thin like a stick]"
  suhtakia  "break irrevocably"

  tsitspa  "break into pieces, smash, shatter"
  suhtsitspa  "break irrevocably"

So, "broken, without hope of ever fixing it" would be the perfective of one of
these verbs:  _suhtaikia_, _suhtsyitspa_, etc..

Note also:

  tsapa  "lose, lose track of, misplace"
  suhtsapa  "lose [s.th.] completely [without hope of ever finding it again]"

  kiospa  "burn"
  suhkiospa  "burn up/down, burn away"

Matt.