Re: Weekly vocab revival?
| From: | Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2006, 23:41 |
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On 2006-08-20 21:58, Roger Mills wrote:
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> 2. bell-tower (or just _tower_)
> The committee has(have) decided to erect a (bell-)tower.
be rake diga ja tō liçhkiga ; tsiya ; xe tule lōrokas yōja te lobēlēsēr.
be rake diga ja tō liçhkiga
QLT ACQU built INDEF.SG IND+FUT.RTR alarm.tower
tsiya
around.POSTP
xe tule lōrokas yōja te lobēlēsēr
UNQ DOTA decision DEF:SG IND+PST sub-collectivity
**To become built will one alarm tower, about this, to express some
decidedness did the sub-collectivity.
= The sub-collectivity has decided that an alarm tower will be built.
> 3. exactly
> It will be exactly 73 metres [or suitable equivalent] tall.
klibe 4.9 rorēelō fare kutlōy tō'bēdja.
klibe 4.9(base 12) rorēelō fare kutlōy tō 'bēdja
LINV:QLT 4.75(base 10) length.unit EQUA height IND+FUT.RTR=IRR:3SG
**Exactly 4.75 "rorēelō" to be high will it.
= It will be exactly 4.75 x 15.3846 m. high.
(4.9 in base 12 = 4.75 in decimal and 1 "rorēelō" = 15.3846 m.)
> 5. bell(s)
/dao/ = gong
> 7. napkin
> The [ethnic slur of your choice] people eat with their fingers and do not
> use napkins.
daçiri pratit gea, xe pile juvlo sōja yareli tiyō juça ;
sibo ; skē lijudōl yājhdu gār, be sirēj.
daçiri pratit gea
3PL.PROPR:PL finger INST
xe pile juvlo sōja yareli tiyō juça
UNQ ACQU food GNR evil IND+ATMP person
sibo
and.POSTP
skē lijudōl yājhdu gār, be sirēj
ANUM meal cloth DOTA, QLT useful
**With their fingers, to take food do evil people, and, of no meal cloth
to make use.
= Bad people eat food with their fingers and do not use meal clothes.
> 8. rummage around/poke around in with the finger
> They just rummage around in the pot with their fingers
daçiri pratit gea, be gōko lōtsiko kyō klizikye tiyō'yō-daçi.
daçiri pratit gea
3PL.PROPR:PL finger INST
be gōko lōsaeko kyō klizikye tiyō 'yō -daçi
QLT only in:out:ALLA EQUA pot IND+ATMP=RSM=3PL
**With their fingers, just into and out of pot to go do they.
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Interlinear lexicon
ACQU acquisitive descriptor
ALLA allative suffix
ANUM anumeral (zero in number or quantity)
ATMP atemporal tense (habit or universal fact)
DOTA dotative descriptor
EQUA equative descriptor
FUT future tense
GNR generic quantifier (concepts)
IND indicative mode
INDEF indefinite
INST instrumental
IRR irrational
LINV linear variator
POSTR postposition
PROPR proprietive (inalienable possession)
PST past tense
RSM resumptive prefix
QLT qualitative quantifier (describes a quality)
RTR retrospective
UNQ unquantitative (undefined quantity)
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Suddenly like Yoda I feel... ;-)
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