Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Lexember 19th: tirchoma, "desert"


Tirchoma /tiɾ.ˈtʃo.ma/ desert is very creatively derived from tirchin dry and om land, earth.

Aunur tirchoma si erëtichat no.
aunur tirchoma si er-ëtich-at no
1PL desert ACC TRANS-visit-INF be.PFV
We're going to go to the desert.

The pronoun aunur is specialized to refer to people in a romantic relationship.

Tirchoma vë kinta në chël óhin no.
desert ATTR night TOP very cold be.PFV
The desert night is very cold.
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