Re: weekly vocab

    This is late, but here it is.
    These are the (first set of) vocabulary words for Gladilatian.  Although
Gladilatian is an alien language, its speakers have had centuries of contact
with humans at the time it's being developed for, so it has words for many
human and terrestrial concepts.

Aidan Grey <grey@...> wrote:
>    Here goes:
>
>    1. birch (the tree)
menyranyt o

me        p.   associated with
nyranyt   n.   scar
o         n.   tree

literally: "tree associated with scars", because the markings on birch bark
resemble scars

>    2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
fmep hnfe zmormene u esnfe

fmep      r.   who/which (habitual, repeated)
hnfe      ad.  Terrestrial
zmo       p.   becoming
rmene     n.   (a carnivore which hunts in packs)
u         n.   something (general placeholder)
esnfe     n.   human

literally: "a human who repeatedly is something becoming a Terrestrial
version of a _rmene_, a Gladilatian carnivore which hunts in packs"

>    3. to save (money)
Gladilatian doesn't have verbs, but someone who saves money is:

mep halat fetsetet nvet

mep       r.   who/which (intrinsic)
halat     n.   money
fet       p.   with respect to
setet     n.   storage, savings
nvet      n.   builder, maker, creator

literally: "the creator of savings which is money"

>    4. to conquer
"conquering" is roughly:

zep matsnau zmou

zep       r.   who/which (temporary)
mat       p.   possessing, having, controlling
sna       at.  sentient
u         n.   something (general placeholder)
zmo       p.   becoming

literally: "becoming something which controls someone"

>    5. motif
hvyxa     n.   theme, motif

    Nyranyt, rmene, setet, and hvyxa are new.

    Hopefully I won't fall too far behind in these, but I plan to respond to
most if not all of them.

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                 Dennis Paul Himes    <>    himes@cshore.com
                   http://home.cshore.com/himes/dennis.htm
        Gladilatian page: http://home.cshore.com/himes/glad/lang.htm

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