Tag Archives: 2011

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 … Continue reading →

mahá- (intransitive verb), imperfective mahác: to sigh. essát már mahá-ngac yat tísat varná later he/she sigh-ITER.NON1 when in.the.morning wake.up.MID.PERF “he/she tends to sigh after he/she wakes up in the morning”

lacán (noun): soft, light (touch or pressure). callingut evándá lacánd-ur snow.DEF cover.COMPL soft-GEN “the snow has covered [the ground] lightly” lacán is used mostly or exclusively to describe intensity of touch, and does not often appear with a figurative meaning. … Continue reading →

tanucá- (transitive verb), imperfective tanucáram: to draw, paint. mbárut tanucá-m arnúsalut ndúsur son.DEF draw.PERF-TRANS mountaintop.ACC.DEF coal.GEN “[my] son has drawn [a picture of] the mountaintop with [a piece of] coal”

tarás (noun): rider, traveller, passenger. tísat tarás-Arandálangut mucám in.the.morning traveller-Arandála.EL.DEF leave.PERF.TRANS “the traveller from Arandála left this morning”

marcána (adverb): next to, around, all around. marcána civa tundesá essát rattamec all.around become.COMPL body.ESS.PL later fighting.INESS “there were [dead] bodies all around after the battle”

lác (noun): cold, calm, coolheaded. ta manda ngúya yirmandes lác-ur NEG goal COP.IMPERF far.away.ESS calm-GEN “goals are [never] far away for the calm”

tamánd- (intransitive verb), imperfect tamándav: to look, look around; to wait, await. len tamánd-av sicándettárut palundemec yat civa maváres we await-IMPERF merchant.ILL.DEF plaza.INESS when become sunset.ESS “we were waiting for the merchant in the plaza until evening” As shown by … Continue reading →

acrús (noun): monster, monstrosity; monstrous, horrible. varsándas acrús mballírnasayirmandemec hide.MID.IMPERF.NON1 monster forest.far.INESS “monsters are hiding deep in the forests”