Tag Archives: 2011

himánd- (transitive verb), imperfective himándaram: to say again, repeat; to order, instruct; to translate; to mediate. ca himánd-am panduttárut nget minarsám mbuttácalá I instruct.PERF-TRANS brother.ILL.DEF that sell.POT.NON1.TRANS sheep.ACC.PL “I instructed my brother to sell the sheep” Along with its more … Continue reading →

macan (noun): fire, flame; torch, light. ca-percánder cramára civa macand-es cá-caramándemecut my-wish.SOC at.night become.COMPL torch-ESS this-room.INESS.DEF “I wish [that there] are torches in this room throughout the night”

urman- (transitive verb), imperfective urmanaram: to sneer, despise, laugh at. len urman-aram racát-úndel we despise-IMPERF.1.TRANS foreigner-south.ACC “we despise the barbarians of the South”

timan (noun): empty, hollow; hollow, cave, cavern. civa sirmes timand-emec cártevisut become.COMPL snake.ESS cave-INESS mountains.SUBL.DEF “there are snakes in caves in the mountains”

yurind- (transitive verb), imperfective yurindaram: to extend, spread out; to raise (one’s arms). már yurind-am assembalá yusúnin he spread.out.PERF-TRANS paper.ACC.PL floor.SUPERESS “he spread out [his] papers [around himself] on the floor” Use of the verb yurindaram often implies movement or … Continue reading →

crás (noun): fat; fatty; lard, fat. amaracúmarangut ngúya crás-era-lurcandes people.valley.EL.DEF COP.IMPERF fat-SOC-lazy.ESS “the people of [this] valley are fat and lazy”

yanár (noun): weak, frail, weakling. ma-mbatá-yanár-assut sáta lepangam lambúcalut his-offspring-weak-ATTR.DEF FUT destroy.PERF.TRANS family.ACC.DEF “his weakling sons will destroy the family”

mucún (noun): purple, purple-colored; purple dye; Aurelian. ta ca langundaram mucúnd-al NEG I wear.IMPERF.TRANS purple-ACC “I [will] not wear purple” The word mucún originally meant ‘Aurelian’ (the Proto-Eolic root likely had the meaning ‘black-haired’ or ‘dark-haired’), and only came to … Continue reading →

yahan- (intransitive verb), imperfective yahanat: to laugh. varándut múca issá len yahan-at father.DEF fall.PERF so.that we laugh-IMPERF.1 “[our] father fell [down], so we laughed”

lambúc (noun): family, lineage. lambúca-Vándangá nilissásam ndácasa-tutúl lecá capáyisam racátal family-Vánda.EL.PL send.IMPERF.NON1.TRANS young-many.ACC so.that fight.IMPERF.NON1.TRANS enemy.ACC “the families of the Vánda [province] have sent many young [people] to fight the barbarians” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_118_lambuuc_example