Tag Archives: conlangs

velá- (transitive verb), imperfective veláram: to ignite, burn, set fire to (something). yattáyer máca velá-m mbírandúninut eyes.SOC they ignite.PERF-TRANS hill.SUPERESS.DEF “they seem to have started a fire up on the hill” Although the verb veláram is transitive, it can also … Continue reading →

narc (noun): hunter, a person who hunts. crunga narc-á lersá círcasur-urcatan today hunter-PL come.PERF stag.GEN-seven.ANTESS “the hunters brought back seven stags today”

mbúrac (noun): clover. pámá lavarendám mbúrac-al úcandec goat.PL eat.COMPL.TRANS clover-ACC meadow.BEN “the goats ate [all the] clover in the field”

sársava- (transitive verb), imperfective sársavavam or sársavam: to cross, go across (something). len sársava-m yambaralut tá-lendamusettár we cross.PERF-TRANS street.ACC.DEF all-we.mud.ILL “we crossed the street [only to be] covered in mud”

hessín (noun): flour. pulláng hessínd-ur hásandur-partul nivandanartángut steal.MID flour-GEN bag.GEN-six.ACC warehouse.EL.DEF “six bags of flour were stolen from the warehouse”

punga (noun): poor, impoverished. punga mbe varna yurtingá poor and power-hungry judge.REFL “the poor and power-hungry [alike] are responsible for their own fortunes” (= ‘judge themselves’) Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_104_punga_example

camá (noun): language. ta yanárá tiná sangáyisam camá-yeválut NEG weak.PL here speak.IMPERF.NON1.TRANS language-cloud.ACC.DEF “[these] weaklings do not speak the language of the Cloud”

ticir- (transitive verb), imperfective ticiravam: to set up, adjust, arrange. ticir-am nget már mbessásím yándalut essa-sárnemec arrange.PERF-TRANS that he meet.POT.TRANS bride.ACC.DEF next-moon.INESS “I arranged for him to meet [his] bride next month”

lavarc (noun): herder, herdsman. lavarca-Vándangá ngúya yanár-simímbes herder-Vánda.EL.PL COP.IMPERF weak.SOC-cowardly.ESS “the herdsmen of Vánda are weak and cowardly”

curtav- (transitive verb), imperfective curtavaram: to torture, harass. mercandut curtav-árte lendec manúcalá officer.DEF torture.PERF-CAUS we.BEN prisoner.ACC.PL “the officer made us torture the prisoners”