Amazing! We have all of these, probably due to the first time around:
> Last posted: May 24th, 2002
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>> > 1. bless
rungarona, caus. of karona 'holy, blessed'
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> > She blessed me softly (i.e. in a soft voice).
kromonje me yarungarona
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> > 2. curse
raça 'to curse s.o.' Noun form would be andraça; accidental cakraça
'accursed, extremely unlucky
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> > 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
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> > 3. charm / amulet / talisman / lucky charm
akañu, (hon.) prakañu, beneficial; krakañu malignant; these nouns are
animate.
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > 5. magic (n or adj)
parandacuñ (çehanga) 'hon/help (pertaining to the Spirits)
çehanga(le) magical
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> > 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
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> > 6. rite / ritual / ceremony
olama
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> > 7. chant (n or v)
rinjumuñ < rinju 'sing' + ñumuñ 'drone'
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> > She is a sorceress, and she usually chants magical words.
Iye kramandil, ñupindi yarinjumuñ kotaç çehanga
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> > 8. bestow
rumele caus. of vele 'to give'
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> > This charm bestows happiness.
akañu taya yarumele e ambinda
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> > 9. amazing
çaçapat < çapat 'to surprise, amaze'
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> > Zaphod says that it is amazingly amazing!
kotani safot, cakanava yaçaçapat
word/his ... extraordinary 3s/....
cakanava is the accid. form of nava 'far'
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> > 10. prayer
kimaçema, irreg. noml. < uhimaçema 'to call upon the Spirits'
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> > Prayer is powerful magic.
e kimaçema (yale) parandacuñ peçaka.
DEF ... (is) hon/help powerful
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> 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:
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> - 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'
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> - 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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