Re: weekly vocab

From: "Aidan Grey" <grey@...>
>    A lot of people have complained/noticed/commiserated about the
> difficulty of vocab creation. I don't really have a solution, but I thought
> providing 5 (or 10) words a week might help with the issue somewhat.
Excellent!

>    Here goes:
>
>    1. birch (the tree)
>    2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
>    3. to save (money)
>    4. to conquer
>    5. motif
Henaudute:

1.  more       /"mOrE/
    w. 'birch'
    (a. Dele MORO)

2.  luxidé:na  /luksi"d{:nA/
    f. 'werewolf'
    (a. Dele LUKU 'wolf' + DA:NA 'man', with Hena compounder '-si-')

3.  hakhtha    /"hAk_ht_hA/
      stem hag-
    v. 'to save'
    (a. Dele YAGA 'gather, collect')

4.  sko:khota   /"skO:k_hOtA/
    v. 'to conquer'
    (a. Dele *sgho:kho 'conquer' < GHO:KHO 'strong')

5.  e:dakhilge:    /{:dA"k_hilg{:/
    e. 'theme, motif' (literally: 'what is put forward')
    (a. Dele HA:DA 'front' + *khilgi "thing put" < KHIGI 'set')

Änäyüte
1.  morën     /"mOr@/
2.  lüxiyänën /lyksi"jan@n/
3.  axa       /"AksA/
      (stem ag-)
4.  skokota   /"skOkOtA/
5.  äyäkillën /aya"kil:@n/

Nuif/Turoes:
1.  bilole      /"bilO:l/
2.  lycantrope  /ly"kAntrO:p/
3.  caeteciàar  /kAE_^"teSa:r/
      (It might be 'caeciàar'.. not sure yet on all the sound changes)
4.  vincre      /"viNkr=/
5.  motif       /"motif/

More in other langs maybe later..

    *Muke!
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