Re: Weekly vocab #3

Pronunciations given are High Uatakassi pronunciations.  Low Uatakassi
is the same for most of them, but a few words differ.  ' is placed
before the stressed syllable

>    1. doctor / healer
Female: Tinaftu  ([tSinaf'tu])
Male: Nanaftu    ([nanaf'tu])
Epicine: Sunaftu ([sunaf'tu])

Most nouns ending in -tu, -du, or -nu form their plural with -pi, -bi,
or -mi, but these nouns form them with -tui

Patient is tinaapatu/nanaapatu, forming their plurals in -pi.  The words
for healer and patient are related, both derived from the word for "to
heal".  Patient is the one who *is healed*, doctor is the one who
*heals*

>    2. medicine
Possibly uanaftu, same as above, but with a different gender.
([wAnaf'tu])

>    3. ear
Uafamaa ([wAfA'mA:])

>    4. eye
Uanlassi ([wAnr\aS'Si])
Derived from lassi "to see"

>    5. friend
Slaana (epicene) ([sr\a:'na])
Tlaana (female)  ([tr\a:'na])
Nlaana (male)    ([nr\a:'na])

>    7. hurt / pain (the verb ... or not)
Guali (like many verbs, may be transitive or intransitive)
([gwA'li])

>    9. cure / heal
Patu ([pA'tu])

>    10. ill
Gavla ([gA'vla])

>    1. She is my doctor.
Assuming that he (I use he, since I am male, and in Kassi society, men
heal men, women heal women) is my only doctor:
Klaftassina nanaftukua
Klaf       -tas   -ki      =na     na-naftu -kua
Be.equative-he/she-NonPunct=he.abs G2-healer-my
[klaf'taSSina nanaf'tukwA]

If he is one of several doctors:
Iantassina nanaftukua
Ian     -tas   -ki      =na     na-naftu -kua
Be.token-he/she-NonPunct=he.abs G2-healer-my
[jan'taSSina nanaf'tukwa]

To make "she", replace the na morphemes with ti.

>    2. _That_ is _my_ medicine, and _this_ is yours.
If "that" is not near the addressee

Tassi uiu iannaki uanaftukua nlif, ku tassi iannaki uali uafumiua
Tassi ua-iu   ian     -*a-ki       ua-naftu   -kua nli   -f   ku  tassi
Focus G6-that be.token-it-NonPunct G6-medicine-my  I.masc-gen and focus
ua-li   ian     -*a-ki       ua-funu                -iua
G6-this be.token-it-NonPunct G6-that.previously.mentioned-your
In this context, _funu_ is being used as a dummy noun, necessary because
the clitic -iua requires a noun.  To emphasize MY, the free pronoun
_nli_ (I-masculine; feminine would be tli) is used.

[taSSi u'ju jan'naC: wAnaf'tukwA nr\ef ku taSSi jan'naC: wA'li
wAfu'miwA]

>    5. Our friends are ill.
Going with the assumption of a mixed-gender group of friends, and that
"our" is a small group:

Sagavlatanki sullaanasmai
Sa-gavla-tan -ki       su* -laana -ma         -i
Be-sick -they-NonPunct G3Pl-friend-our(paucal)-plural
[sa'gAvlataJCi soLLa:'nasmaj] OR
[sagA'vlataJCi soLLa:'nasmaj]

J = Palatal nasal
L = Lateral fricative

>    7. Do y'all's heads hurt? / Do you guys have headaches?
Assuming that the question is to more than 2 people, and that the group
in question is mixed-gender:

Gualifnakibu suvvamisuimail?
Guali-fna       -ki      =bu              su*- vamisu-ima    -i  -l
Hurt -you.plural-NonPunct=yes/no.question G3Pl-head  -your.pl-pl.-erg
[gwA'lefnaCibu sovvA'miswimajl] OR
[gwA'lefnaC:pu sovvA'miswimajl]

Body parts are divided into two groups, those that have the gender of
their possessor (such as suvamisu, "head"), and those that are fixed
gender 6 (like uanlassi "eye")  If the question were aimed at a group of
women, the second word would be tivvamisuimail, while for men it would
be navvamisuimail.  If it were just two people being asked, then -fni
would've been used instead of -fna in the verb, and -dliua instead of
-ima in the noun

Personal inflections are by absolutive.  The literal translation is
therefore "Do your heads hurt y'all?" or "Are your heads hurting y'all?"

>    9a. She will cure my friends.
Naipatutantika sullaanaskuai
Nai-   patu-tan  =tika    sul- laana -kua-i
Future-heal-3rdPl=she.nom G3Pl-friend-my -pl

[najpA'tutantSika soLLa:'naskwaj]

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