High Eolic word of the day: cúmarsand

cúmarsand (noun), also cúmars: carriage, wagon.

ta cúmarsa-rándecut carettá nan-arangemec
NEG carriage-king-BEN.DEF all-hamlet.INESS
“the king’s carriage does not rest in every village”

cúmarsand is a noun of Classical Eolic origin, derived from cúlamvar-sánder, literally “four-wheels” (from cúlam “wheel”, High Eolic cúlan, and sánder “four”, High Eolic sándar).

Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_059_cuumarsand_example

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