Re: Weekly Vocab 25

After catching up, the Rhean word count is 2789. It's a good thing you
didn't use "set" or I'd never finish.

Christopher Wright wrote:

>Vocab 25:
>A quarter centurial edition for your translation joy, reflecting twenty-
five
>years of CONLANG-? development. Just to annoy the heck out of you, I'm
going
>to use homophonous words for every one of these. Don't complain unless it's
>in your conlang, in which case I will welcome it with open arms.
Aaai panc'a dak! Torom klibza yarjuk lakyem noonyanu sacec'atait, a zvink!


>1. date
romantic interlude - kuz' (back-formed from ku-z'ak "go out")
fruit - brinz
calendar ~ - tarik'

>On my first date, I realized that my package of dates was outdated.
Yai mez kuz', du brinzir yai kvicop aytas' tarik' g'ec'ov as'e.
my first date , THAT dates-GEN my package best date pass-PP be:3SG:PAST


>2. station
outpost - stanz, ekzi
to place - esindek, kodek

>I was stationed at the Bridge Creek station.
U Hok'soleteca stanzom kodibza as'em.
at bridge-creek-GEN station-INST station-PASS be:1SG:PAST


>3. ruler
measurement - mierc'ik
commander - emirnik

>This ruler, a popular tourist item, bears the mark of the current ruler.
Raiznikir blagec' küpo e toya mierc'ik ludec' emira bandwan fikre.
tourists-GEN popular purchase APP this ruler current ruler-GEN mark-ACC
wear-3SG


>4. rate
instances per time - nisba, knas'tosta
to judge something - k'nigek
There's also |tamand| for "rate" as a count of price by unit.

>You rated the accuracy of the rate of change in government as being totally
>bogus.
Reks'asanni waereka nisbar tiikostan cemuie lojiec' k'nigiot.
government-NI change-GEN rate-GEN accuracy-ACC completely false judge-
2SG:PAST


>5. loaf
~ of bread - s'oov
to waste time being lazy - bozok herak ("make like a heap")

>Don't just loaf about the place--why don't you bake a loaf or two?
Östrudom mu bozok heryat -- ¿c'aze adinlak s'oov mu sacit ve?
around NEG loaf V-2SG:IMP -- ¿ why one-two loaf(-ACC) NEG make-2SG EMPH ?


>6. direction
way - taujaf, joor
control - jitriyok

>The car's direction is under the driver's direction.
Aftor joor i unteg'noka jitriyokom c'e.
car-GEN direction in driver-GEN control-INST be:3SG


>7. rest
leisure - poivak
remainder - blovut

>The rest of the company may rest here for an hour.
Zadnandor blovut todom adin c'as poivak smaz.
company-GEN rest here-INST one hour(-ACC) rest-INF may-3PL


>8. crack
onomatopeia - gvat
fissure - trec'o
the substance - kijoras, ork'o*

*not crack (not sure if they have that) but drugs nonetheless

>With a crack, a crack opened in the wall, revealing a package of crack.
Gvat sacidve i lundom trec'o jifugrios', ork'or kvicop ens'aldadve.
crack make-GER in wall-INST crack MID-open-3SG:PAST , 'crack'-GEN package(-
ACC) reveal-GER


>9. fast
speedy - huyuz
to go without food - jenkarvo (herak)

>We have to be fast if we want to reach the holy city in time to fast.
Huyuz c'ek fadimu, adis ver jenkarvot waktem yeem tibadu ftukem hos'amu.
fast be-INF must-1PL , IF for fast-DAT timely-ADV holy city-DAT arrive-INF
want-1PL


>10. class
ranking - dama, pik', traf
attention to fine arts etc - dravyok
There's also |stalad| for a "class" in a school, and |drav| for "class,
caste"

>In his class, he has no choice but to have no class.
I tai staladom, drinyok örek egva smec'or mu anc'e.
in his class-INST , class(-ACC) lack-INF except choice-GEN NEG exist:3SG

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