Saturday, December 8, 2018
Lexember 8th: arta "dew"
Today's word is entirely in the service of extending a conceptual metaphor, WATER IS LIFE. The word is arta /ˈʔaɾ.ta/ dew.
Ëlá në arta kwan uralin chasirë.
3PL TOP dew INST wet do.IPFV
They're getting wet from the dew.
Because it usually appears on plants, the verb for dew developing is lairo grow,
Kinta rëtin arta lairo.
night much dew grow.PFV
At night a lot of dew settled.
Dovetailing with the SALT IS VITALITY metaphor, we get this expression,
In ches in arta si relo.
and salt and dew ACC carry.PFV
Everything's going great.
Literally, "I'm carrying salt and dew," but this is used to express that everything's going well, especially in health and by extension other material matters. Usually, just in ches in arta is sufficient to convey the message.
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