Tag Archives: 2011

asseng (noun): soft, mushy, liquid, melted. cellat callingut civa asseng-es arnúsúnin now snow.DEF become.COMPL melted-ESS mountain.SUPERESS “the snow in the mountains has melted [by] now”

racand- (transitive verb), imperfective racandacam: to raise, free, set something free. manúcá racand-erc rándurvem prisoner.PL set.free-PASS king.GEN.DEF “the prisoners were freed by the king” The verb racandacam is also often used in its middle form (with zero valence marking), with … Continue reading →

yallim (noun): lamb, lamb meat. carná máca náraravam yallimb-ur in.the.evening they eat.ITER.TRANS lamb-GEN “they eat lamb [every] evening”

cúya (noun): owner (of). Also frequently occurs as a prefix cu-. ndaraver cúya-vem lapá púsatan duty.SOC owner-DEF go.PERF horse.ANTESS “the owner [of this horse] must take it away” In its contracted form as a prefix, cu- is a frequent component … Continue reading →

talarcá- (transitive verb), imperfective talarcáram: to fix, embellish, renovate. len talarcá-ndám párundalut essácúrcevemec we renovate-COMPL.TRANS house.ACC.DEF next.year.INESS “we will finish renovating the house next year”

lasina (noun): school, academy; classroom. Vitrá lepangendám lasina-rattásalut velár Vitrian.PL destroy.COMPL.TRANS academy-warrior.ACC.DEF fire.GEN “the Vitrians burned the military academy [to the ground]” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_082_lasina_example lasina is borrowed from Trevecian layhêna ‘hall’, reflecting the Trevecian-Oleric connotations … Continue reading →

rámac- (transitive verb), imperfective rámacaram: to tie, bind, join, put together. lessingut rámac-am mácal cirn-Arcúmangá mbámarnur-várettár commander.DEF join.PERF-TRANS they.ACC man-Arcúma.EL.PL unit.GEN-one.ILL “the commander put the men from Arcúma together in a single unit”

arnac (noun): alert, careful, thorough. runacaláven ngassá run-arnac-es no.reciter COP.POT no-thorough-ESS “no Oleric reciter should be a non-thorough man”

circur (noun): dozen, twelve men; team. tána circura-linámbassut lersá cúmarsangúyendura-láyatan only team-harvest.ATTR.DEF arrive wagon.grain.GEN-two.ANTESS “the harvest team brought in only two wagons of grain” The number twelve (or ‘dozen’) is extremely prominent in Eolic culture, forming the base for the … Continue reading →

yassál- (intransitive verb), imperfective yassác: to be or become thirsty. súpasá yassá-p rúlengambassáng worker.PL become.thirsty-PERF summer.hot.EL “the laborers became thirsty in the summer heat”