#1.3: From 12 Apr 2002
1. doctor / healer
"Medicine Man" - Túlohk or Yéze
Western-style M.D: Fýzi.
> She is my doctor.
Zuso mfýzi.
Is(3rdpers.fem.formal) (1stpersoncommonpossessive)western-style doctor.
> 2. medicine
Amót
Western style:
Topical - Pikérr
Ingested - Nèfèt
> That is my medicine, and this is yours.
Eké'z mnèfèt yam', go Eki'z yab' nan.
That's my medicine mine, and this's yours (here).
(eh, it's a redundant language if nothing else)
> 3. ear
zore
> She looked in their ears.
Tehjikanso wazore yásen.
(past tense)inspect(3rdpers.fem.form) the ears theirs.
> 4. eye
Ain
> She looked in (or tested, or...) her (someone else's) eye.
Tehjikanso u-ain yáso.
(pasttense)inspect(3rdpers.fem.form) the eye hers.
> 5. friend
Suge (non-gender specific)
> Our friends are ill.
Nsugée'z kats.
(1stperspl.possessive)friends're [physically] sick.
> 6. itch and/or scratch
Itch (n.) - Piki
Scratch (n.) - Chochorr
> His scratch (the one on him) is worse than his scratch (the one he caused on >
> someone else unspecified).
Sachochorr'z mahrjelik na'u-chochorr yása.
(3rdperspossform)scratch's [more]bad than the scratch his(emphasis).
> 7. hurt / pain (the verb ... or not)
To Hurt (physically) - i-Chenót
Pain - Mívu
> Do y'all's heads hurt? / Do you guys have headaches?
Chenótsée benkepalal ye?
Hurt(3rdpers.pl.common) (2ndpers.pl.possessive)heads [question indicator]
(Hurtthey y'all'sheads?)
> 8. diagnosis
Taxirshan
> His diagnosis (that he gave) is that she will get better.
SaTaxirshan'z swe Oso ago gan laat.
(3rdpers.sing.form.poss.)diagnosis's that she [will] become better.
9. cure / heal
Cure (noun) - Shafa
To Heal - i-Hèdhu
To Cure - i-Feyaq
> His diagnosis (for the disease he has) has a cure.
Az anShafa fi saKeyyshan.
There's (Exists) a cure for his illness.
> She will cure my friends.
Msugée oso ago feyaq
My friends she (future tense indicator) cure
10. ill
Kats (physically ill)
> I am not ill anymore.
Eme ka'z kats kapí'
I (common) (neg)am ill/sick (neg)more.