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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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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”

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”

yungun (noun): wind, breeze; air. tiná yungund-ut ngúya mbullas hullangur here air-DEF COP.IMPERF stinking.ESS death.GEN “the air here reeks of death”

nas- (ditransitive verb), imperfective nasárte: to leave, forget; to enlarge; to equip, decorate, improve ca nas-am párundalut vacec I forget.PERF-TRANS house.ACC.DEF coin.BEN “I forgot the money at [my] house” The original meaning of nasárte was ‘to equip, improve’, but it … Continue reading →