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rámac- (transitive verb), imperfective rámacaram: to tie, bind, join, put together. lessingut rámac-am mácal cirn-Arcúmangá mbámarnur-várettár commander.DEF join.PERF-TRANS they.ACC man-Arcúma.EL.PL unit.GEN-one.ILL “the commander put the men from Arcúma together in a single unit”

arnac (noun): alert, careful, thorough. runacaláven ngassá run-arnac-es no.reciter COP.POT no-thorough-ESS “no Oleric reciter should be a non-thorough man”

circur (noun): dozen, twelve men; team. tána circura-linámbassut lersá cúmarsangúyendura-láyatan only team-harvest.ATTR.DEF arrive wagon.grain.GEN-two.ANTESS “the harvest team brought in only two wagons of grain” The number twelve (or ‘dozen’) is extremely prominent in Eolic culture, forming the base for the … Continue reading →

yassál- (intransitive verb), imperfective yassác: to be or become thirsty. súpasá yassá-p rúlengambassáng worker.PL become.thirsty-PERF summer.hot.EL “the laborers became thirsty in the summer heat”

tehar (noun): throne. runamár ngarangav tehar-úninut no.he/she sit.IMPERF throne-SUPERESS.DEF “there is nobody sitting on the throne”

nucár (noun): full, fed; well-fed, fat, obese, fattened (also used for animals). Andárut mbertisam nucár-alindur váta ndarácapúndarur Andárut possess.IMPERF.TRANS fat-GEN.hundred.GEN and.not land.fertile.GEN “Andárut owns a hundred fat [animals], but no good land”

yimbá- (ditransitive verb), imperfective yimbárte: to buy. már yimbá-m navendacirandal allengettárut she buy-PERF.DITRANS ring.new.ACC husband.ILL.DEF “she bought [her] husband a new ring” As with many other ditransitive verbs, the indirect object of yimbárte is in the illative case, since it … Continue reading →

ellang (noun): (brown) bear. civa ellang-urtutús mballírnas-Icánamec become.COMPL bear-GEN.numerous.ESS forest-Icána.INESS “there are many bears in the forests of Icána”

rupand- (ditransitive verb), imperfective rupandárte: to kill, assassinate (somebody for somebody’s benefit). ayú má’ rupand-am ringalut REFL he murder-PERF.DITRANS wife.ACC.DEF “he murdered [his] wife for his own benefit” The verb rupandárte takes morphology typical of ditransitive verbs, even though its … Continue reading →