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címen (noun): soup, broth (especially with meat). mercandut mendecárte címend-al na-lendec officer.DEF provide.IMPERF.DITRANS broth-ACC all-we.BEN “the officer provided soup for all of us” / “the officer invited us all over for soup” címen can be used to refer to “soup” … Continue reading →

sattá- (transitive verb), imperfective sattácam: to stretch, strech out, roll out (dough). carlavut sattá-yisam mahúndal temúrsec yat pulláng hessín mother.DEF stretch.out-IMPERF.NON1.TRANS dough.ACC cake.BEN then run.out.MID flour “[my] mother was rolling out the dough for the temúrs cake when the flour … Continue reading →

nirán (noun): dry, wilted. ta ca-percánder minucám larenda-niránd-al cirittár NEG my-wish.SOC give.POT.1.DITRANS flower-dry-ACC girl.ILL “I don’t wish to give wilted flowers to the girl” Listen to the example sentence: W_HE_034_Xniraan_example

mahá- (intransitive verb), imperfective mahác: to sigh. mahá-yis túpavis lasinamecut sigh.MID-IMPERF.NON1 child.SUBL classroom.INESS.DEF “there were sighs among the boys in the classroom”

nassár (noun): lumberjack; “dragger”; draft horse. nassár-ut rícerc mbevándacir lumberjack-DEF kill.PASS log.DEL “the lumberjack was killed by a [falling] tree” nassár is a general designation for anyone whose profession is felling trees and transporting them around (or selling them). By … Continue reading →

tiná (particle): here, at this place. tiná nundá ca-lusúrut sure-ngetriparemec here give.birth.MID my-grandfather.DEF before-sixtyeight.INESS “my grandfather was born here sixty-eight [years] ago”

cerindá- (intransitive or monotransitive verb), imperfective cerindát or cerindátam: to put one’s hands together, be calm (intransitive); to hug, hold tightly (transitive). ras len cerindá-t rícevis MIR we be.calm-IMPERF.1 murderer.SUBL “we [remained] calm [despite the] massacres around us” cerindá- is … Continue reading →

yus (noun): surface, level, floor; flat; male chest. ndaváttá rangala-yus-as mullámbur make.ITER.MID table-flat-ATTR problem.GEN “it is difficult to make flat tables”

rúsun (noun): verse, unit of recitation; Oleric reciter. mbattál tiníndur-partatu rúsun-urcemecut write.MID word.GEN-sixteen verse-seventh.INESS.DEF “there are sixteen words in the seventh verse” rúsun, originally from Classical Trevecian rûyhen ‘line, column’, is one of a number of terms associated with Olerism … Continue reading →

tanár- (transitive verb), imperfective tanácam: to leave, abandon (a person or place). taná-p tacal sána nundá mátan társettár leave-PERF place.ACC REL give.birth.MID it.ANTESS rich.ILL “[s/he] left the place of [his] birth in order to become rich” The verb tanácam exhibits … Continue reading →