Category Archives: High Eolic

High Eolic word of the day: cúya

cúya (noun): owner (of). Also frequently occurs as a prefix cu-. ndaraver cúya-vem lapá púsatan duty.SOC owner-DEF go.PERF horse.ANTESS “the owner [of this horse] must take it away” In its contracted form as a prefix, cu- is a frequent component … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: talarcáram

talarcá- (transitive verb), imperfective talarcáram: to fix, embellish, renovate. len talarcá-ndám párundalut essácúrcevemec we renovate-COMPL.TRANS house.ACC.DEF next.year.INESS “we will finish renovating the house next year”

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High Eolic word of the day: lasina

lasina (noun): school, academy; classroom. Vitrá lepangendám lasina-rattásalut velár Vitrian.PL destroy.COMPL.TRANS academy-warrior.ACC.DEF fire.GEN “the Vitrians burned the military academy [to the ground]” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_082_lasina_example lasina is borrowed from Trevecian layhêna ‘hall’, reflecting the Trevecian-Oleric connotations … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: rámacaram

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”

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High Eolic word of the day: arnac

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”

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High Eolic word of the day: circur

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

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High Eolic word of the day: yassác

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”

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High Eolic word of the day: tehar

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

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High Eolic word of the day: nucár

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”

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High Eolic word of the day: yimbárte

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

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