High Eolic word of the day: assem

assem (noun): paper, sheet of paper.

varándut sittíndupam assemb-alá lattárandettárut
father.DEF throw.PERF.TRANS paper-ACC.PL fireplace.ILL.DEF
“[my] father threw the paper(s) into the fire”

Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_132_assem_example

This noun is derived from the Trevecian word sema, with the same meaning, reflecting the large number of High Eolic vocabulary related to books and printing derived from Trevecian (adopted in parallel with, in turn, the writing system, religious literature, and most recently the printing press).

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