Category Archives: High Eolic

punga (noun): poor, impoverished. punga mbe varna yurtingá poor and power-hungry judge.REFL “the poor and power-hungry [alike] are responsible for their own fortunes” (= ‘judge themselves’) Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_104_punga_example

camá (noun): language. ta yanárá tiná sangáyisam camá-yeválut NEG weak.PL here speak.IMPERF.NON1.TRANS language-cloud.ACC.DEF “[these] weaklings do not speak the language of the Cloud”

ticir- (transitive verb), imperfective ticiravam: to set up, adjust, arrange. ticir-am nget már mbessásím yándalut essa-sárnemec arrange.PERF-TRANS that he meet.POT.TRANS bride.ACC.DEF next-moon.INESS “I arranged for him to meet [his] bride next month”

lavarc (noun): herder, herdsman. lavarca-Vándangá ngúya yanár-simímbes herder-Vánda.EL.PL COP.IMPERF weak.SOC-cowardly.ESS “the herdsmen of Vánda are weak and cowardly”

curtav- (transitive verb), imperfective curtavaram: to torture, harass. mercandut curtav-árte lendec manúcalá officer.DEF torture.PERF-CAUS we.BEN prisoner.ACC.PL “the officer made us torture the prisoners”

lumbán (noun): nice or pleasant smelling. larenda-lumbánd-as nartáyis ma-párundatanut flower-nice.smelling-ATTR grow.IMPERF.NON1 their-house.ANTESS.DEF “there are pleasant-smelling flowers [growing] around their house”

pulláng- (transitive verb), imperfective pullángaram: to steal. ras cá-cirnut pulláng-endám calendal yurtasangut MIR this-man.DEF steal-COMPL.TRANS money.ACC judge.EL.DEF “this man stole money from the judge”

nírat (adverb), also niyír: very well, splendid, excellent, best. nírat carlavut rissángacam mullatal excellent mother.DEF bake.ITER.TRANS bread.ACC “[my] mother bakes excellent bread” (= bakes bread very well) Note that nírat only occurs in the adverbial sense of ‘excellent’. The noun … Continue reading →

aveng (noun): wheat; ear of grain; bunch (of hair) ta aveng ngúya tálendes nandec cúmaremec NEG wheat COP.IMPERF sufficient.ESS all.BEN valley.INESS “there is not enough wheat for everyone in the [Central] Valley”

cangára- (transitive verb), imperfective cangáracam: to renovate, rebuild, make again. essát cangára-p lanúcatrecácut crándisemecut later rebuild.MID-PERF wall.city.BEN.DEF war.INESS.DEF “the walls of the city were rebuilt after the war”