Re: Vocab #4

Aiden Gray wrote:

>1. bunny / rabbit
cafazmuh /kah-fahz-MOOSH/ [jump+rodent.]  n.  rabbit, bunny, coney, cony --
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears
and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets and food


>2. ferret
muhcatoh /moosh-kah-TOHSH/ [rodent+cat.]  n.  ferret -- domesticated albino
variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits


>3. knife
handhafervuh  /shahnd-shahfer-VOOSH/ [hand+blade+weapon.]  n.  knife -- a
weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point


>4. alien / foreigner
vovcap /vohv-KAHP/  [egg+head.]  n.  alien, extraterrestrial being -- an
intelligent humanoid life form assumed to be native to other planets;
stereotypically depicted with oversized, egg-shaped heads, representing
their supposed superior intelligence

bahnatinper /bahsh-nah-teen-PER/ [outside+nation+person.]  n.  foreigner,
alien, noncitizen, outlander -- a person who comes from a foreign country;
someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


>5. ouch! / ow!
ranii  [harm+{interj.}.]  interj.  ouch! ow! -- a cry of pain  (Submitted by
.)



>7. aaaa! (a scream of terror)
terorii  /teh-roh-REE-ee/ [terror+{interj.}.]  interj.  aaaa! -- a scream of
terror  (Submitted by .)



>8. aaaargh! (a scream of pain / failure / death)
mortii  /mohr-TEE-ee/  [death+{interj.}.]  interj.  aaaargh -- a scream of
pain at the point of death  (Submitted by .)



>9. grrrr! (an intimidating growl)
tigerii  /tee-geh-REE-ee/  [tiger+{interj.}.]  interj.  grrrr! -- an
intimidating growl like a tiger  (Submitted by .)



>10. blood
cardlic  [heart+liquid.]  n.  blood -- the fluid (red in vertebrates) that
is pumped by the heart  (Submitted by Herman Miller.)



>1. That bunny has a knife!
  TIM:  There he is!
  ARTHUR:  Where?
  TIM:  There!
  ARTHUR:  What, behind the rabbit?
  TIM:  It is the rabbit!
  ARTHUR:  You silly sod!  You got us all worked up!
  TIM:  Well, that's no ordinary rabbit.  That's the most foul, cruel,
      and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.

       -- http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mphg/mphg.htm


Dublex grammar and syntax is in a state of high experimentation, but I'd
quote Tim as saying:

    TIM:  Ninli simu nontie calstenda cafazmuh.  Ninli simu al superie cala
       iem curltend iem malsenta muh, io van sumtempe movu o visbad u seb.

that ({second-person-pronoun}+{demonstrative-article}) similar+{v.}
no+{adv.} class-tendency+{adj.} rabbit....


Glossing some of these words:

cala  [excrement+{adj.}.]  n.  filthy, foul, nasty -- disgustingly dirty;
filled or smeared with offensive matter

calstenda  [class+tendency+{adj.}.]  adj.  average, ordinary -- lacking
special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

curltenda  [violence+tendency+{adj.}.]  adj.  barbarous, brutal, cruel,
fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- able or disposed to inflict pain or
suffering (of persons or their actions)

malsenta  [pejorative+emotion+{adj.}.]  adj.  crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy,
grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered -- perversely irritable

sumtemp  [all+time.]  n.  eternity, infinity, forever -- time without end

visbad  [sight+body-part.]  n.  eye, oculus, optic -- the organ of sight
(Submitted by Herman Miller.)


Help, I'm being oppressed!

Jeffrey
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