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Trurian word of the day: wem

wem (noun): milk (especially freshly milked). “there’s still [some] milk in the jug”

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Trurian word of the day: enawrono

enawrono (perfective verb): to admit, confess (to). Yer tyn ipoli simthono simtheon enawron. “the thief confessed that [he had] stolen the vase” The verb enawrono usually occurs together with the conjunction tyn ‘that’, introducing a subordinate clause that may precede or … Continue reading

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Trurian word of the day: yil

yil (noun): wing. Yer min tämdath yileí afilmono täyer rothí aprethon. “[he] chopped off the duck’s wings before strangling it”

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Trurian word of the day: öchleon

öchleon (imperfective verb): to plow (a field). “we were plowing the field yesterday” Listen to the example sentence here: W_TR_018_oechleon_example

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Trurian word of the day: sanäl

sanäl (noun): chair, seat, place (at a table); role, position. “he does not deserve a place [at] my [table]” The noun sanäl is very often encountered in the collocation sanäli derwono, literally ‘find a seating-place’, but often used in the sense … Continue reading

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Trurian word of the day: gelnech

gelnech (noun): grapevine. “the noblemen planted many grapevines in the valley”

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Trurian word of the day: tundhö

tundhö (noun): corpse; carrion. “I almost tripped over a corpse in the corridor” tundhö is originally a borrowing from High Eolic tund ‘corpse’, but has also come to mean ‘carrion’ more generally (i.e. dead or rotting flesh eaten by birds such … Continue reading

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Trurian word of the day: pilaí

pilaí (adjective): young, fresh, new, newly occurring or growing. “a new calf was born yesterday” The adjective pilaí is used in opposition to timaí ‘new, newly acquired’, as it holds the connotation of an entity that has newly grown or … Continue reading

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Trurian word of the day: timaí

timaí (adjective): new, newly acquired. marcham-ewí timaí-s in gewdhon dragging-horse.ACC new-FEM I buy.PERF.PAUS “I bought a new horse [for] hauling” Listen to the example sentence here: W_TR_013_timai_example The adjective timaí has a slightly different nuance of meaning compared to the adjective … Continue reading

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Trurian word of the day: yerchon

yerchon (noun): admired, worthy of admiration. yöser in-yoter yerchon-eí sanäli derwono aler am can my-home.ADV admired-PL place.ACC find.PERF.PAUS always when “there is always a place in my home for those worthy of admiration”

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