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High Eolic word of the day: rassú

rassú (adverb): never, at no time, under no conditions. cúrassat aca rassú ta lurcáva’ mál hopefully I never NEG speak.with.IMPERF.TRANS he/she.ACC “I hope never to speak with him/her again” As with the negative quantifier taya ‘none, no one’, rassú requires … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: táhen

táhen (noun): winter, winter-time. lenur-tutú allangendá sander táhend-ang we.GEN-many die.COMPL hunger.SOC winter-EL “many of us have died of hunger during the winter”

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High Eolic word of the day: lin

lin (noun or quantifier): hundred, a hundred; a hundred men. Also occurs as a personal name, Lindut (or Linas). lind-á langa ngúrnam veláyarcalá hundred-PL also see.PERF.TRANS fire.Deity.ACC.PL “hundreds more have seen the flames of the Deity” (TarÅ¡emâ, Arûm 2: 2) … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: mattúc

mattú- (intransitive verb), imperfective mattúc: to decide (that), to intend (to). len mattú-ndá tayat lungatettárut rúlengemec we decide-COMPL earlier wedding.ILL.DEF summer.INESS “we have decided for the wedding [to take place] before summer” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_039_mattuuc_example Although … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: arang

arang (noun): hamlet, small village. art máca arang-evis rassimbatan plunder.MID they hamlet-SUBL border.area.ANTESS “[some] hamlets along the borders have been raided/plundered”

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High Eolic word of the day: crunga

crunga (adverb): today, on this day. crunga tayat nandárayis ettísemec today earlier walk.around.IMPERF.NON1 sunrise.INESS “he was walking around today before sunrise” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_037_Xcrunga_example

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High Eolic word of the day: címen

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

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High Eolic word of the day: sattácam

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

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High Eolic word of the day: nirán

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

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High Eolic word of the day: mahác

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”

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