Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Lexember 12th: korëm, "persona, role"
Derived from kor person, korëm /ˈko.rəm/ is role, persona. It can shade into personality. Like other forms of adornment, the usual verb for taking on a role is relo carry, bear.
Ton në vura korëm si relat no?
2SG TOP what role ACC bear.INF be.PFV
What role will you play?
A particular role can be specified with lës like, as,
Atta lës korëm si relësto.
atta lës korëm si rel-ëst-o
father as role ACC carry-INCH-PFV
He started to act as a father.
Ronuin lës vë korëm në ëtótarin no so.
aristocrat as ATTR role TOP degenerate be.PFV ASSEV
The personality of the aristocrat is degenerate.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Lexember 11th: ásëno, "change (tr.)"
On a whim I have decided that Kílta has unrelated lexical items for the transitive (ásëno /ʔaː.ˈsə.no/) and intransitive (volko) sense of change.
Nirika në mëmítotá si ásëno hír.
war TOP plans ACC change.PFV AS.EXPECTED
The war changed the plans.
The final particle hír marks things the speaker sees as expected or predictable.
Ël në ta lícha li vurui ásëno?
3SG TOP that mess ABL how change.PFV
How did she change (it) from that mess?
I still haven't decided which root will be the source for derived nouns. Probably the intransitive version, but it needs thinking about.
I also might want to add some nuance to the causative of the intransitive, volkëno.
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