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carcám (noun): twin, twins. ma-rupercánder ringut nundársám carcámb-al his-not.wish.SOC wife.DEF bear.POT.NON1.TRANS twins-ACC “he did not want his [wife] to give birth to twins”

mámba- (transitive verb), imperfective mámbacam: to step on, step over, push down. ras mámb-upam ca-lártevisut MIR step.on-PERF.TRANS my-leg.SUBL.DEF “you [just] stepped on my foot!”

tercen (noun): juice, pulp; sweet, sweetened. len lungam tercend-er-súrtal lungatemecut we drink.PERF.TRANS juice-SOC-water.ACC wedding.INESS.DEF “we drank watered-down juice at the wedding” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_137_tercen_example

cena (noun): piece, bit, part, remainder; debris. mámbapam nuraca-cena-l issá tiráng ca-lárevut step.on.PERF.TRANS glass-piece-ACC so.that wound.MID my-leg.DEF “I stepped on a piece of glass and hurt my leg”

yucar- (transitive verb), imperfective yucaratam: to make, create; to mend, put back together. Andárut yucar-endám ndarendaculevalut ca-varándecut Andárut mend-COMPL.TRANS sword.old.ACC.DEF my-father.BEN.DEF “Andárut mended my father’s old sword”

mengassán (noun): honest, open; trusting, naïve. ta civa mengassánd-es mácavis allándeválecá NEG become.COMPL honest-ESS they.SUBL hero.cloud.BEN.PL “[there is no place for] honest men among the Champions of the Cloud” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_134_mengassaan_example In Eolic culture, the … Continue reading →

simban- (transitive verb), imperfective simbanaram: to rip, tear, tear apart. marna simban-endám ma-cungúmbal wolf rip-COMPL.TRANS his-intestine.ACC “wolves tore apart his insides”

assem (noun): paper, sheet of paper. varándut sittíndupam assemb-alá lattárandettárut father.DEF throw.PERF.TRANS paper-ACC.PL fireplace.ILL.DEF “[my] father threw the paper(s) into the fire” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_132_assem_example This noun is derived from the Trevecian word sema, with the … Continue reading →