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High Eolic word of the day: sácen

sácen (noun): form, shape; way, means. cá-mullangut civa sácend-atunúrces this-bread.DEF become.COMPL shape-strange.ESS “this bread has turned a strange shape”

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High Eolic word of the day: ndingún

ndingún (noun): net, netting. narcambúralurvem simbanendám ndingúnd-alut tándembur hunter.fish.GEN.DEF tear.COMPL.TRANS net-ACC.DEF accident.GEN “the fisherman tore up the net by accident”

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High Eolic word of the day: littándatam

littánd- (transitive verb), imperfective littándatam: to remember, recall, concentrate on. ta littánd-atam sungavarándalut NEG remember-IMPERF.1.TRANS maternal.uncle.father.ACC.DEF “I do not remember [my] father’s maternal uncle” The verb littándatam normally takes an object in the accusative case, but some variants/speakers prefer the … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: suttám

suttám (noun): cheek, cheeks; (by extension) pink, pinkish. ma-suttámb-ut civa mullámbes his-cheek-DEF become.COMPL sweat.ESS “his cheeks are sweaty”

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High Eolic word of the day: nurm

nurm (noun): courageous, fearless. tayat arcá nurm-a yallangettá tandesá early indeed courageous-INDEF die.IMPERF.NON1 glorious.ESS.PL “the fearless die early, [but] with glory”

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High Eolic word of the day: musandaram

musand- (transitive verb), imperfective musandaram: to beat, break, break in two. cirnut musand-am sútalut cúlarur man.DEF break.PERF-TRANS bone.ACC.DEF tooth.GEN “the man broke the bone [in two] with [his] teeth”

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High Eolic word of the day: taya

taya (quantifier): nobody, no thing, nothing. ta ca ngúrnucám máru-taya-l NEG I see.POT.TRANS it.GEN-nothing-ACC “I could not see anything” taya belongs to the class of ‘numeral-like quantifiers’, which exhibit syntactic behavior identical to that of proper cardinal numerals (such as … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: hangún

hangún (noun): bird; flock of birds. vicúsassut yuttásam hangúnd-ecá sallándevisut priest.DEF hate.IMPERF.NON1.TRANS bird.BEN.PL temple.SUBL.DEF “the priest hates the birds [gathering] on the temple [roof]” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_145_hanguun_example

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High Eolic word of the day: cilingaram

ciling- (transitive verb), imperfective cilingaram: to visit, travel to, travel around. len ciling-ucám nan-arangalá ambassemecut we visit-POT.1.TRANS all-village.ACC.PL valley.INESS.DEF “we [plan to] visit all the villages in [this] valley”

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High Eolic word of the day: nárc

nárc (noun): strict, terrible. ca-ngillándut ngúya cer-nárc-es cíndurá my-paternal.uncle.DEF be.IMPERF very-strict-ESS servant.GEN.PL “my paternal uncle is very strict to [his] servants” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_143_naarc_example

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