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High Eolic word of the day: nassár
nassár (noun): lumberjack; “dragger”; draft horse. nassár-ut rÃcerc mbevándacir lumberjack-DEF kill.PASS log.DEL “the lumberjack was killed by a [falling] tree” nassár is a general designation for anyone whose profession is felling trees and transporting them around (or selling them). By … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: tiná
tiná (particle): here, at this place. tiná nundá ca-lusúrut sure-ngetriparemec here give.birth.MID my-grandfather.DEF before-sixtyeight.INESS “my grandfather was born here sixty-eight [years] ago”
High Eolic word of the day: cerindát
cerindá- (intransitive or monotransitive verb), imperfective cerindát or cerindátam: to put one’s hands together, be calm (intransitive); to hug, hold tightly (transitive). ras len cerindá-t rÃcevis MIR we be.calm-IMPERF.1 murderer.SUBL “we [remained] calm [despite the] massacres around us” cerindá- is … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: yus
yus (noun): surface, level, floor; flat; male chest. ndaváttá rangala-yus-as mullámbur make.ITER.MID table-flat-ATTR problem.GEN “it is difficult to make flat tables”
High Eolic word of the day: rúsun
rúsun (noun): verse, unit of recitation; Oleric reciter. mbattál tinÃndur-partatu rúsun-urcemecut write.MID word.GEN-sixteen verse-seventh.INESS.DEF “there are sixteen words in the seventh verse” rúsun, originally from Classical Trevecian rûyhen ‘line, column’, is one of a number of terms associated with Olerism … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: tanácam
tanár- (transitive verb), imperfective tanácam: to leave, abandon (a person or place). taná-p tacal sána nundá mátan társettár leave-PERF place.ACC REL give.birth.MID it.ANTESS rich.ILL “[s/he] left the place of [his] birth in order to become rich” The verb tanácam exhibits … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: allánd
allánd (noun): hero. allánd-eválúyel lapá yarnúsettár hero-cloud.ATTR.PL go.PERF mountaintop.ILL “the heroes of the Cloud made their way towards the mountaintops” allánd usually refers to heroic personages from Eolic legends and history (such as Allándacálassut, the mythical ‘Blue-Eyed Hero’, most famously … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: ngÃyel
ngÃyel (noun), accusative form ngÃya: sand. ngÃyel-ut cuttús ca-ravácamec sand-DEF exist.IMPERF.NON1 my-shoe.INESS “there is a grain of sand in one of my shoes” There are two interesting aspects to the word for ‘sand’ in High Eolic. First, it is an … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: ungat
ungat (particle): sometimes, occasionally, several times. ungat már lersángacam Arandála-ttár yirmandatan carlavecut sometimes he/she come.ITER.TRANS Arandála-ILL distant.ANTESS mother.BEN.DEF “he/she sometimes comes all the way to Arandála [to see] his/her mother” Originally derived from ung ‘day’, ungat conveys the meaning that … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: sindárte
sind- (ditransitive verb), imperfective sindárte: to enquire, ask a question. ca sind-am mangárándalut varándettárut I ask-PERF.DITRANS illness.king.ACC.DEF father.ILL.DEF “I asked my father about the king’s illness” sindárte is a typical ditransitive verb in that it takes two core arguments: an … Continue reading