Re: Weekly Vocab #2.1.4 (repost #1)

1. slippery = lêrhgis < lêrhga, slip, slide.

The table is slippery.
eðlêêp-os lêrhg-os ês-a.
table-NOM.sg slippery-NOM.sg be-IND

2. to spill = jhêmha

I spilled my soy milk on it.
m-us n-úsïo éna m-úsïo ááusvávëqlâct-om per jhêmh-a.
I-NOM.sg that-GEN.sg on I-GEN.sg soy.milk-ACC.sg PAST.PCL spill.IND

Soy milk was not available in the original Senjecan culture.  The
coined word for the soybean is ááusvâvos, eastern bean.

3. to vex [1) t.v. annoy, irritate, bother, pester, harass. 2) i.v.
annoy] = înga

This vexes me greatly.
d-os méjh-u m-um îng-a.
this-NOM.sg great-ADV I-ACC.sg vex-IND

4. to curse [1) t.v. execrate, beshrew. 2) i.v. curse] = qlâga

I curse the glass that failed me.
m-us n-us m-um lôc-i qlâg-a.
I-NOM.sg that-NOM.sg I-ACC.sg-REL curse-IND

5. carpet = vúðmëcêmhlos

My fine carpet is ruined.
m-úsïo têrüo vúðmëcêmhl-os mhââst-a‏þ-os ês-a.
I-GEN.sg fine carpet-NOM.sg ruin-PAT.PPL-NOM.sg be-IND

6. sniffle = I'll have to work on this one.

7. to replace = mhérhëstîîva < mherh-, again + stîîva, place

I cannot replace it.
m-us n-um mhérhëstîîv-u mââq-a ne.
I-NOM.sg that-ACC.sg replace-SUP able-IND not

8. heirloom = órhvëmhêxtos  < ôrhva, inherit + mhêxtos, thing

It is an heirloom from my great-grandmother's niece's daughter's
husband.
n-os *-ûsïo ii-neft-ûsïo ðuq-ûsïo pot-úsïo éjha
órhvëmhêxt-os ês-a.
that-NOM.sg *-GEN.sg FEM-niece-GEN.sg daughter-GEN.sg husband-GEN.sg
from heirloom-NOM.sg be-IND

*which great-grandmother?
ámamâmas = mother's mother's mother
ámapâmas = mother's father's mother
ápapâmas = father's father's mother
ápamâmas = father's mother's mother

9. ghost = ênsus < ênsa, haunt.

His ghost will follow me for all my days.
n-úsïo êns-us m-úsïo sol-' âmr-an m-um pos-ë sêcü-a.
that-GEN.sg ghost-NOM.sg I-GEN.sg all-ELIS day-ACC.pl FUT.PCL-EPEN
follow-IND

10. bitter (severe; acrimonious, rancorous) = îrhtis

I shall die a bitter, hunted person.
m-us îrhtu cêd-aþu anqên-us pos mêrh-a.
I-NOM.sg bitter-PAT.PPL person-NOM.sg FUT.PCL die-IND

honor, v.  accept as pay [1) t.v. take-, -up, -on; take in, admit,
receive, accept, get. 2) i.v. take; receive, accept] = mhrhîîa

We honor checks and drafts.  (Can anyone explain the difference
between checks and drafts?  The AHD doesn't seem to make one.)
mh-úes cüérhïgên-on mhrhîî-a.
we-NOM.sg check-ACC.pl honor-IND

Reply