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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.9 (repost #1)

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Friday, October 27, 2006, 5:37
Amazing! We have all of these, probably due to the first time around:
> Last posted: May 24th, 2002 > >> > 1. bless
rungarona, caus. of karona 'holy, blessed'
> > > > She blessed me softly (i.e. in a soft voice).
kromonje me yarungarona
> > > > 2. curse
raça 'to curse s.o.' Noun form would be andraça; accidental cakraça 'accursed, extremely unlucky
> > > > We cursed them quickly because they wounded us.
hulukuluñ nile miraça(sa) mowa min irumine quickly 3pl/dat we/curse(past) because 1pl/acc 3pl/caus/wound
> > > > 3. charm / amulet / talisman / lucky charm
akañu, (hon.) prakañu, beneficial; krakañu malignant; these nouns are animate.
> > > > I made a beautifully carved amulet from the bone that I found.
alo trakowi re matromat(sa),mamepu .... licakan re virik from bone/gen REL I find(past), I/make...carved REL beautiful
> > > > 4. sorcerer / wizard / magician / shaman
mandil 'shaman; (modern) priest', (pej.) kramandil '(evil) sorcerer'
> > That sorcerer usually blesses our charms for us.
ñupindi mandil ya yarungarona akañulemim. custom/its priest that he/bless amulet/pl/dat/our
> > > > 5. magic (n or adj)
parandacuñ (çehanga) 'hon/help (pertaining to the Spirits) çehanga(le) magical
> > > > This charm was made with magic.
akañu taya imepu(sa) umit parandacuñ çehanga charm this they/made use .......
> > or This magically blessed charm is powerful.
akañu tayu re irungarona umit .........., yapeçaka
> > > > 6. rite / ritual / ceremony
olama
> > > > 7. chant (n or v)
rinjumuñ < rinju 'sing' + ñumuñ 'drone'
> > > > She is a sorceress, and she usually chants magical words.
Iye kramandil, ñupindi yarinjumuñ kotaç çehanga
> > > > 8. bestow
rumele caus. of vele 'to give'
> > > > This charm bestows happiness.
akañu taya yarumele e ambinda
> > > > 9. amazing
çaçapat < çapat 'to surprise, amaze'
> > > > Zaphod says that it is amazingly amazing!
kotani safot, cakanava yaçaçapat word/his ... extraordinary 3s/.... cakanava is the accid. form of nava 'far'
> > > > 10. prayer
kimaçema, irreg. noml. < uhimaçema 'to call upon the Spirits'
> > > > Prayer is powerful magic.
e kimaçema (yale) parandacuñ peçaka. DEF ... (is) hon/help powerful
> > Bonus Vocab from WordNet: > This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you > or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up > different words and/or phrases: > > - black economy, n. > a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go > unreported; "no one knows how large the black economy really is"
Such things probably exist in some Kash nations, but mine are quite law abiding :-))) I suppose: andreçel furik 'trade/commerce hidden' or more literal, andreçel çalom '.... grey'
> > - squeeze for, v. > squeeze someone for money, information, etc.
singir 'to dun for money'; perhaps yamendro yasingir re ne marungaya he/insist he/dun THAT him/dat I/inform 'he pressed me to tell him...'
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