Re: Vocab #6

Now for Minyeva to tackle this crafty task...

>    brought to you by C (for crafts) and B (for beads) and
> prep/post-positions.
>
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>    1. bead (n).
 = jwazi

>        There are beads all over the place!
zike    jwazini a  letu  zwa.
located beads   at place every.

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>    2. thread (n)
 = cukli

>        I have thread stuck in my teeth.
pive le u   cukli  o  mi      ceqka a  kapode o  zo.
have I  FOC thread of that.is stuck at teeth  of me

pive = vague control/superiority relation
mi = relative clause with implied subject
a = obvious location: one assumes if a thread is located around teeth, it's
between teeth.

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>    3. needle
 = kleda
>        Ow! I sat on a needle!
ao! kwa juva le a  kleda  da.
ow! PST sit  I  at needle-a.

a = one assumes the location is "on" a needle.

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>    4. sew (v)
 = medza

>        My sister sewed me to the chair.
kwa tavinyo o  le medza davi     le u   zela  te.
PST sister  of me sew   attached I  FOC chair-the.

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>    5. bead (v)., put beads on something, make something with beads
 = [pat] neja u jwazi

>        He beaded a bunny with a knife. He's sick in the head.
kwa va neja    u   jwazini i   mekcu  da oe       jipwe da
PST he made.of FOC beads   PAT rabbit-a  that.has knife-a

kivevi             va.
mentally.sick-very he

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>    6. spill
 = djepacpe (pour+accidental)

>        Dang! I spilled my beads into my coffee!
deiq! kwa le djepacpe kuni  jwazini o  le u   grefka o  le.
dang! PST I  spill    mixed beads   of me FOC coffee of me.

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>    7. cut
 = dike (pron. deek-eh, don't let it remind you of lesbians)

>        Cut the thread between this spot and that spot, please.
swa  dike i   cukli  te  a  jwa     letu kre  cla letu pri.
CMND cut  PAT thread-the at between spot this and spot that.

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>    8. shiny
 = zwapo

>       Those beads are shiny. I like shiny things.
zwapo jwazini pri.
shiny beads   those.

vole le u   denuni o  zwapo.
like I  FOC things of sniny.

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>    9. stitch (n)
 = blikso

>       For this stitch, bring the thread through the bead, over
> the previous
> bead, under the thread, and back through the bead again.
u   bra       blikso kre,  mo  feta  i   cukli  te  a  sta     jwazi te,
FOC regarding stitch this, one pulls PAT thread-the at through bead--the,

a  kao  jwazi moce     te,  a  jao   cukli  te,
at over bead  previous the, at under thread the,

cla a  nu   vai     sla   jwazi te.
and at back through again bead--the.

bra = regarding ("for" in the original). The word 'for' was a bitch to
figure out here; i had trouble figuring out its true meaning. I wanted to
create a unique word in minyeva for the meaning. I finally figured out that
it was a kind of topicalization phrase, saying that that is what the
following instructions will talk about.

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>    10. obsessive / obsessed with / obsessing about
 = gadji

>       Lately, I find my self obsessed with beads.
a  qavi,   bavito  le u   mi   gadji   u   jwazini.
at recent, realize I  FOC that obessed FOC beads.

mi = relative clause with implied subject
a = generic time/place preposition

>
>     Have fun guys!
>     Aidan
--
Garrett Jones
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