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Spatial and motion cases in High Eolic

I’ve decided to provide a short summary of the forms and functions of the seven spatial and motion cases in High Eolic. Most of what follows is taken from my High Eolic Grammar (available as a PDF here), but in … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: hursen

hursen (noun): high, tall, prominent. lecá yallándut capápam hursend-alut and.so hero.DEF fight.PERF.TRANS highest.ACC.DEF “and then the hero fought the highest man [among them]” The word hursen is used to mark entities of exceptional or prominent height in comparison to others, … Continue reading

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High Eolic word of the day: tarnácam

tarná- (transitive verb), imperfective tarnácam: to follow, walk behind; to be a vassal or subject of (someone). tána yanár tarná-sím lámbahundalut racátevis only weak follow-POT.NON1.TRANS pious.false.ACC.DEF enemy.SUBL “only the weak among our enemies would follow the false religion”

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High Eolic word of the day: curúram

curút- (transitive verb), imperfective curúram: to reach, walk to, travel to. essát len curút-am lahessalut certangemec later we reach.PERF-TRANS river.ACC.DEF night.INESS “we reached the river late at night”

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High Eolic word of the day: mallar

mallar (noun): meal, dish. yat civa mallar-urces yácindalungatecut pandurvem then become.COMPL dish-seven.ESS meal.wedding.BEN.DEF brother.GEN.DEF “there were seven dishes at my brother’s wedding dinner”

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High Eolic word of the day: tirángaram

tiráng- (transitive verb), imperfective tirángaram: to wound, injure; to knife, stabbed. ca-rupercánder tayat tiráng-ucá rattamec my-NEG.wish.SOC earlier injure.MID-POT.1 battle.INESS “I do not wish to be injured before the battle”

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High Eolic word of the day: lissá

lissá (noun): arch, archway; city gate. rattámb lissá-culevut issá rupand cirnur-urc demolish.MID arch-old.DEF so.that kill.MID man.GEN-seven “the old archway collapsed and killed seven people”

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High Eolic word of the day: lunámbac

lunámb- (intransitive verb), imperfective lunámbac: to hide, lurk, skulk. már lunámb-is párundatanut mburándur yat ca yallám he lurk-IMPERF.NON1 house.ANTESS.DEF hind.GEN then call.PERF.TRANS “he lurked behind the house until I called out [to him]” Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_157_lunaambac_example

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High Eolic word of the day: maring

maring (noun): sunlight, sun, ray of the sun; shining, blinding. civa maring-es lárcacallitemec become.COMPL blinding-ESS slope.snow.INESS “there was blinding [sun] on the snowy slopes”

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High Eolic word of the day: ndevácam

ndevá- (transitive verb), imperfective ndevácam: to deny, challenge, question, object to (a statement or idea). sunúcut ndevá-pam nget nundársá Arandálemec traitor.DEF challenge-PERF.TRANS COMPL bear.MID.POT.NON1 Arandála.INESS “the traitor challenged [the statement that] he was not born in Arandála”

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