Category Archives: HE word of the day

lurcan (noun): lazy. már sittíndupam na-cínda-lurcand-alá he cast.away.PERF.TRANS all-servant-lazy-ACC.PL “he dismissed all the lazy servants” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_142_lurcan_example

maham- (ditransitive verb), imperfective mahamárte: to fit, be suitable (for). sána yettár máru ta maham-asárte cal calendec REL arrange.MID it.GEN NEG fit-IMPERF.NON1.DITRANS I.ACC money.BEN “this arrangement is not suitable for me [on account of] money” With the verb mahamárte, the … Continue reading →

núna (noun): success, victory, good fortune; luck, coincidence. ta núna-r ratti ullínengá NEG chance-SOC you.PL meet.PERF.RECIP “you have not met by chance” As in the example above, the noun núna often appears in the form núnar (sociative or genitive), with … Continue reading →

carcám (noun): twin, twins. ma-rupercánder ringut nundársám carcámb-al his-not.wish.SOC wife.DEF bear.POT.NON1.TRANS twins-ACC “he did not want his [wife] to give birth to twins”

mámba- (transitive verb), imperfective mámbacam: to step on, step over, push down. ras mámb-upam ca-lártevisut MIR step.on-PERF.TRANS my-leg.SUBL.DEF “you [just] stepped on my foot!”

tercen (noun): juice, pulp; sweet, sweetened. len lungam tercend-er-súrtal lungatemecut we drink.PERF.TRANS juice-SOC-water.ACC wedding.INESS.DEF “we drank watered-down juice at the wedding” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_137_tercen_example

cena (noun): piece, bit, part, remainder; debris. mámbapam nuraca-cena-l issá tiráng ca-lárevut step.on.PERF.TRANS glass-piece-ACC so.that wound.MID my-leg.DEF “I stepped on a piece of glass and hurt my leg”

yucar- (transitive verb), imperfective yucaratam: to make, create; to mend, put back together. Andárut yucar-endám ndarendaculevalut ca-varándecut Andárut mend-COMPL.TRANS sword.old.ACC.DEF my-father.BEN.DEF “Andárut mended my father’s old sword”

mengassán (noun): honest, open; trusting, naïve. ta civa mengassánd-es mácavis allándeválecá NEG become.COMPL honest-ESS they.SUBL hero.cloud.BEN.PL “[there is no place for] honest men among the Champions of the Cloud” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_134_mengassaan_example In Eolic culture, the … Continue reading →

simban- (transitive verb), imperfective simbanaram: to rip, tear, tear apart. marna simban-endám ma-cungúmbal wolf rip-COMPL.TRANS his-intestine.ACC “wolves tore apart his insides”