Re: Weekly Vocab 19

In Pisina Pirunga:

1. thread (n)---pukuta (cable)
A thread hangs from my shirt
Pukuta a pususuru u putamu cha kinumu chungi*.
Thread does dangle @ basis DO shirt of-me.

*chu+ngi. -ngi is a 1st pronoun suffix "à l'essai" for now. -nga
"him/her/it/them", -ngu "you".

2. to sort---pamupamuti < pamuti "category, sort, kind"
I sort my clothing by condition and style
A pamupamuti surangi chungi u manuka cha simiti u cha kusama.
Do categorize clothes of-me @ criteria DO state_of_repair @ DO model.

3. boy---karita (mawaruki) "child (male)"
There's a grubby boy staring through the window
Karita i a tumira-tumira a sumamanga u kurarangu pisama u tukukunga changi.
Child who is worm-ish does look @ through window @ fixing DO-me.

4. sandwich---sakini mukusi "bread sheathe"
If I paid him, perhaps he'd make me a sandwich
U sakunga cha i a tamimisi chinga a i timiku a pamimika sakini mukusi u
tununga chungi.
@ case DO that do pay to-him there's that he does prepare bread sheathe @
benefit DO-me.

5. shadow---tamaka
"The barriers between us have collapsed, and we have become...our own
shadows."
"Tasima suniki i a sikusikungi sukaru-pikani a miririnu a i sukaru-pikani a
pumumuku tamaka-tamaka chu panasi."
Obstacle fence that do separate you-me does crumble there's that you-me do
become shadows of self."

6. to burst---suninita
When will this boil burst?
U tukaru pisiri a i pamanga kimisu a suninita?
@ what time there's that this boil does burst?

7. dwarf---kitari tawarasi "person short" (< tarasi "tall")
A one-armed dwarf throws dice along the wharf.
??? interesting line....
Kitari tawarasi i a maimakatu katiri kinata a sikakati pakira sitiru u
tanasi chu pukuna.
Man short who does have-only one arm does throw cube chance @ along of
wharf.