Lexember 22nd: laucho, "weave"

Today's verb is laucho /ˈlaʊ̯.t͡ʃo/ weave.

Tëkímës si lauchirë.
hat ACC weave.IPFV
I'm weaving a hat.

I've not focused on this much in the Lexember examples, but Kílta can be aggressively PRO-drop, as here.

Mácha në sain si laucho.
spider TOP web ACC weave.PFV
The spider wove its web.

The word laucho can also be used to mean enchant, cast a spell on, with both people and things available as the object.

Inin kíkún aukka si laucho.
and.then coyote wolf ACC enspell.PFV
And then the coyote cast a spell on the wolf.

Lexember 21st: chauha, "rabbit"

Today's word, chauha /ˈtʃaʊ̯.xa/ rabbit, is underived or related to any other words (for now).

Raila në chauha si akkalo.
fox TOP rabbit ACC capture.PFV
The fox caught a rabbit.

Chauhur në nihwa vë manur kwatu së si sano.
chauh-ur në nihwa vë man-ur kwat-u së si san-o
rabbit-PL TOP ISG ATTR vegetable-PL all-PL also ACC eat-PFV
The rabbits ate all of my vegetables.

I'm using the low-control first person pronoun (nihwa) here for obvious reasons. The construction of N + Quantifier + së is a partitive quantifier construction, here "all of my Ns."

Lexember 20th: orol, "cactus"

Orol /ˈʔo.rol/ is cactus. The word orus thorn is related.

Ha në ën orol nós huna talichirë.

1SG TOP this cactus due.to blood seep.IPFV

I'm bleeding because of this cactus.

Ëmpin orol rëtin mata si relo.

this.kind cactus much water ACC bear.PFV

This kind of cactus has a lot of water.