Tag Archives: 2011

vac (noun): coin (especially silver); unit of currency. arcá minaram vac-ur-tuleval cá-púsamacúmbangut indeed give.PERF.1.TRANS coin-GEN-ten.ACC this-horse.lame “[I] paid ten silver coins for this lame horse!” vac is most often used either explicitly for coins made of silver, or with the … Continue reading →

úcan (noun): meadow, pasture. larend-ecámúyel nartáyis úcand-evis flower-white.colored.ATTR.PL grow.IMPERF.NON1 meadow-SUBL “there are white flowers [all] around the meadows”

hendassár- (intransitive verb), imperfective hendassác: to be ashamed (of). len hendassá-ndá varándettárut essát ndácasemecut we be.ashamed-COMPL father.ILL.DEF later young.INESS.DEF “we have become ashamed of [our] father since [our] youth” The verb hendassác is morphologically speaking intransitive, but it can take … Continue reading →

tandíc (noun): salt, salty. sayándut ngúya sen cere-tandíc-es ca-mittámber soup.DEF COP.IMPERF EMPH very-salt-ESS my-tongue.SOC “[this] soup is too salty for me” (lit. ‘very salty with my tongue’)

lavar- (transitive verb), imperfective lavaratam: to feed, graze (esp. of animals); to pick (e.g. flowers, fruit, etc.) mbuttácur-partu lavar-ettám lárcúninut sheep.GEN-six graze-IMPERF.NON1.TRANS slope.SUPERESS.DEF “six sheep are grazing [up] on the slope” Apart from locational obliques, the verb lavaratam often takes … Continue reading →

cin (noun): proud, lofty, exalted. send tambáremam sen cind-al you listen.ITER.TRANS EMPH proud-ACC “you [should always] listen [carefully] to the proud”

yars- (transitive verb), imperfective yarsacam: to admit, say something in spite (of something else). sendá yars-upam russú nget rupanducám urcendalut EMPH.NEG admit-PERF.TRANS never COMPL murder.POT.TRANS sister.ACC.DEF “I [will] never admit to killing [my] sister”

túnum (noun): crime, offense. ta már hendassángac túnumb-ettár NEG he be.ashamed.ITER crime-ILL “he is not one to be ashamed of [his] crimes” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_110_tuunum_example

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”