Author Archives: jonafras

marc (noun): tall, high (of persons or things). Also occurs as a personal name, Marcut. civa maringes marc-evis became sun.ESS high-SUBL “sunlight shone upon the heights/mountaintops” Although marc is primarily used to refer to people, it can also be used … Continue reading →

nára- (monotransitive verb), imperfective náravam: to eat. tavunga ca nára-m mbuttácur yesterday I eat.PERF-TRANS sheep.GEN “I ate mutton yesterday” náravam is a monotransitive verb (that is, it can only take one object) which belongs to the class of High Eolic … Continue reading →

andár (noun): eagle. Also occurs as a personal name, Andárut. andár-avíndas pundis eagle-magnificent.ATTR fly.IMPERF “a magnificent eagle is flying [around]” andár is used to refer strictly to eagles (the word ngallús ‘buzzard; bird of prey’ can refer to prey birds … Continue reading →

hacá- (intransitive verb), imperfective hacár: to cough. Probable onomatopoeic origin. ca-lusúrut hacá surát hullangemec my-grandfather cough.PERF before dead.INESS “my grandfather coughed himself to death”

mbát or mbá (noun): son; child, offspring. Also occurs as a prefix: mbá- or mba-, as in mbá-yarutúyel ‘Star-Children.’ már ngúya ca-mbátes he is my-son.ESS “he is my son” Like most nouns that end in -t, mbá(t) has an irregular … Continue reading →