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.

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.

Lexember 18th: ruisama, "jail"

A simple derivation from ruiso bind, tie up, gives ruisama /ɾu.i.ˈsa.ma/ jail.

Ëlá ruisama nen eruttimo hír.
ël-á ruisama nen er-uttim-o hír
3-PL jail LOC TRANS.die.PFV PART
They died in the jail.

Vima vë ruisama në ívin chaso.
city ATTR jail TOP vicious do.PFV
The city's jail became vicious.

The normal verb for being in jail is some form of vëcho stay, remain, dwell.

Ël ruisama nen allui vëchat no re.
3SG jail LOC long.ADV remain.INF be.PFV PART
She will be in jail a long time.

The combination of infinitive + no + re is one form of the future. It marks predictions, rather than intentions.

Símur ruisama nen vëchëluto.
Sím-ur ruisama nen vëch-ël-ut-o
3OUT-PL jail LOC remain-CAUS-PASS-PFV
They were sent to jail (lit., made to be in jail).

Lexember 17th: anurohëtin, "exceptional, unique"

The word anurohëtin /ʔa.nu.ɾo.ˈxə.tin/ exceptional, unique, is a rather complicated derivation from anin one.

Ën nurím në anurohëtin no so!
this mead TOP exceptional be.PFV ASSEV
This mead is exceptional!

Ëlá në vahwéla anurohëtin no.
3PL TOP way.of.life unique be.PFV
Their way of life is unique.

Lexember 16th: talma "knee"

Another unexpected gap, talma /ˈtal.ma/ knee. Sometimes I try to translate things I hear at random into Kílta. Hearing a version of O Holy Night I realized I had no way to say "fall on your knees." First I needed knees.

Nihwa në talmur kwailo.
1SG TOP knee.PL hurt.PFV
My knees hurt!

The first singular pronoun here, nihwa /ˈni.xʷa/, is used when the speaker feels they are in a low control situation.

For kneel I'm using the expression talma li rino, knee ABL sit.

Talma li rinësti!
talma li rin-ëst-i
knee ABL sit-INCH-IMP
Fall to your knees!

Not so sure if I need to develop a more exalted idiom for this action.