Tag Archives: 2011

cena (noun): piece, bit, part, remainder; debris. mámbapam nuraca-cena-l issá tiráng ca-lárevut step.on.PERF.TRANS glass-piece-ACC so.that wound.MID my-leg.DEF “I stepped on a piece of glass and hurt my leg”

yucar- (transitive verb), imperfective yucaratam: to make, create; to mend, put back together. Andárut yucar-endám ndarendaculevalut ca-varándecut Andárut mend-COMPL.TRANS sword.old.ACC.DEF my-father.BEN.DEF “Andárut mended my father’s old sword”

mengassán (noun): honest, open; trusting, naïve. ta civa mengassánd-es mácavis allándeválecá NEG become.COMPL honest-ESS they.SUBL hero.cloud.BEN.PL “[there is no place for] honest men among the Champions of the Cloud” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_134_mengassaan_example In Eolic culture, the … Continue reading →

simban- (transitive verb), imperfective simbanaram: to rip, tear, tear apart. marna simban-endám ma-cungúmbal wolf rip-COMPL.TRANS his-intestine.ACC “wolves tore apart his insides”

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 … Continue reading →

ngerul- (intransitive verb), imperfective ngerulav: to cry, weep. ringá ngerul hullangang woman.PL cry.PERF dead.EL “the women wept because of the dead”

mittám: tongue; taste. len náram mittámba-callangal yácindacarnútur we eat.PERF.TRANS tongue-cow.ACC dinner.GEN “we have eaten cow’s tongues for dinner” mittám is also used idiomatically with a possessive prefix and the sociative suffix -er in order to convey the meaning “to X’s … Continue reading →

cissá- (transitive verb), imperfective cissácam: to take; to eat (esp. formally), have a meal. máca cissá-pam túpalut carlavangut they take-PERF.TRANS child.ACC.DEF mother.EL.DEF “they took the child away from [its] mother” Along with its normal meaning “to take”, cissácam is also … Continue reading →

ecám: white, snow-white (in color); painted white. ngúyendut nartáyisam nivand-ecámb-alut grain.DEF lie.in.IMPERF.NON1.TRANS building-white-ACC.DEF “the grain is in the white building”