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lemb (noun): loud, thunderous; prominent, charismatic. len tambáram capeta-lemb-alut yúndecer we listen.IMPERF.1.TRANS leader-loud-ACC.DEF awestruck.SOC “we listened in awe to [our] outspoken leader”

nilissá- (ditransitive verb), imperfective nilissárte: to send (something to someone). máca ngutta nilissá-m mbattál they RECIP send-PERF.DITRANS letter.ACC “they sent letters to each other” As with sindárte, nilissárte is a ditransitive verb whose secondary argument is in the illative case. … Continue reading →

rassú (adverb): never, at no time, under no conditions. cúrassat aca rassú ta lurcáva’ mál hopefully I never NEG speak.with.IMPERF.TRANS he/she.ACC “I hope never to speak with him/her again” As with the negative quantifier taya ‘none, no one’, rassú requires … Continue reading →

táhen (noun): winter, winter-time. lenur-tutú allangendá sander táhend-ang we.GEN-many die.COMPL hunger.SOC winter-EL “many of us have died of hunger during the winter”

lin (noun or quantifier): hundred, a hundred; a hundred men. Also occurs as a personal name, Lindut (or Linas). lind-á langa ngúrnam veláyarcalá hundred-PL also see.PERF.TRANS fire.Deity.ACC.PL “hundreds more have seen the flames of the Deity” (TarÅ¡emâ, Arûm 2: 2) … Continue reading →

mattú- (intransitive verb), imperfective mattúc: to decide (that), to intend (to). len mattú-ndá tayat lungatettárut rúlengemec we decide-COMPL earlier wedding.ILL.DEF summer.INESS “we have decided for the wedding [to take place] before summer” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_039_mattuuc_example Although … Continue reading →

arang (noun): hamlet, small village. art máca arang-evis rassimbatan plunder.MID they hamlet-SUBL border.area.ANTESS “[some] hamlets along the borders have been raided/plundered”

crunga (adverb): today, on this day. crunga tayat nandárayis ettísemec today earlier walk.around.IMPERF.NON1 sunrise.INESS “he was walking around today before sunrise” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_037_Xcrunga_example