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High Eolic word of the day: marn
marn (noun): wolf. Also occurs as a personal name, Marnut (with variant form Marandut). yat marn-á luhú mballÃrnasemec se-hullangemecut then wolf-PL howl.PERF forest.INESS your-death.INESS.DEF “wolves shall howl in the forests on [the day of] your death” Similar to eagles, wolves … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: cáracavam
cárac- (monotransitive verb), imperfective cáracavam: to mount, rise up on. len sáta cárac-am cártalut ettÃsemec we FUT rise.PERF-TRANS mountain.ACC sunrise.INESS “we shall ascend the mountain at sunrise”
High Eolic word of the day: handarc
handarc (noun): honey. handarc cuttús ma-nevangarcatan honey exist.IMPERF.NON1 his/her-hair.ANTESS “there is honey in his/her hair” Honey forms the basis of many Eolic sweets, and is a popular condiment among the upper classes. The province of Arcúma is especially famous for … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: callit
callit (noun), definite form callingut: snow. ta civa callit-es ta-táhendangut NEG COP snow-ESS last-winter.EL “there was no snow last winter” callit belongs to a class of nouns that have an irregular definite form, namely callingut (rather than *callitut). Many nouns … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: hassan
hassan (noun): ice; icy, slippery. yambara-hassan ngúya hundes lártec street-icy COP bad-ESS leg-BEN “icy streets are treacherous for [your] legs”
High Eolic word of the day: cirn
cirn (noun): man, human; male. cirn-a ngúya yambúndes man-INDEF COP bloodthirsty.ESS “all men are bloodthirsty”
High Eolic word of the day: terangav
terang- (intransitive verb), imperfective terangav: to jump, spring. yatÃndut terang marcevevisut rabbit.DEF jump.PERF roof.SUBL.DEF “the rabbit jumped onto the roof”
High Eolic word of the day: rás
rás (noun): brown; brown-eyed, dark-eyed; pessimist. ca mbertacam púsa-rás-al I own.IMPERF.1.TRANS horse-brown-ACC “I own a brown horse” rás most generally means brown in color, but metonymically it can also mean ‘brown-eyed’ or ‘dark-eyed’. By extension, it has come to mean … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: cál
cál (noun): blue-eyed, light-eyed. Also occurs as a personal name, Cálut. ringi-cál-a ngúya lengarnes woman-blue.eyed-INDEF are.IMPERF beautiful.ESS “blue-eyed women are [very] beautiful” Among the mostly fair-haired and blue-eyed Eolians, people who have blue eyes – as opposed to green, or … Continue reading
High Eolic word of the day: lungaram
lunga- (monotransitive verb), imperfective lungaram: to drink (something). ta már lunga-ram rassúndal NEG he/she drink-ITER.TRANS spirit/alcohol-ACC “he/she doesn’t drink alcohol”