Author Archives: jonafras

ngurá (noun): bottom, lower part (of); anvil. tiráng aca ngurá-lártettárut wound.MID.PERF I bottom-leg.ILL.DEF “I was wounded in the lower part of [my] leg”

tarúc- (transitive verb), imperfective tarúcatam: to hold close to oneself, be close to (something), be pressed against. tarúc-ettám sutúndalut va yat ava crambes press.against-IMPERF.1.TRANS cliff.ACC.DEF and then COP.COMPL storm.ESS “I pressed myself against the cliff until the storm was over”

tassá- (transitive verb), imperfective tassácam: to demand, ask (for something). ca tassá-mím calendalut varándangut mbe rícam cal I demand-COND.TRANS money.ACC.DEF father.EL.DEF and kill.PERF.TRANS I.ACC “my father would kill me if I asked him for [more] money” The verb tassácam may … Continue reading →

hursen (noun): high, tall, prominent. lecá yallándut capápam hursend-alut and.so hero.DEF fight.PERF.TRANS highest.ACC.DEF “and then the hero fought the highest man [among them]” The word hursen is used to mark entities of exceptional or prominent height in comparison to others, … Continue reading →

tarná- (transitive verb), imperfective tarnácam: to follow, walk behind; to be a vassal or subject of (someone). tána yanár tarná-sím lámbahundalut racátevis only weak follow-POT.NON1.TRANS pious.false.ACC.DEF enemy.SUBL “only the weak among our enemies would follow the false religion”

curút- (transitive verb), imperfective curúram: to reach, walk to, travel to. essát len curút-am lahessalut certangemec later we reach.PERF-TRANS river.ACC.DEF night.INESS “we reached the river late at night”

mallar (noun): meal, dish. yat civa mallar-urces yácindalungatecut pandurvem then become.COMPL dish-seven.ESS meal.wedding.BEN.DEF brother.GEN.DEF “there were seven dishes at my brother’s wedding dinner”

tiráng- (transitive verb), imperfective tirángaram: to wound, injure; to knife, stabbed. ca-rupercánder tayat tiráng-ucá rattamec my-NEG.wish.SOC earlier injure.MID-POT.1 battle.INESS “I do not wish to be injured before the battle”