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Revision as of 18:33, 7 March 2010
Lexical Expansion Project
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miss (C)
- He shot the arrow but missed the target.
basket (A)
- woven container
- We know the Na'vi weave, and baskets are mentioned in the ASG.
knot (n. vtr. and derivations) (B)
stretch, pull (A)
- I will stretch the cord onto the bow.
pull out, extract, remove (from enclosure, entrapment etc.) (vtr.) (A)
- She pulled the arrow out of the hexapede.
- We were pulling out the roots.
- This focuses more on extraction than the movement (vs. za'ärìp "pull").
chip (v.) (B)
- chip away at, slowly break or crack
- I chipped away at the stone until it was a nice (something).
- My spearhead chipped when I killed the sturmbeest.
shatter (B)
- smash into many pieces
- The pot shattered when it fell.
break (v.) (B)
- make unusable
- He dry-fired my bow and it broke.
- I will break your arm, bastard!
break (v.) (C)
- break spirit or domesticate
- break a horse
- I will not let the enemy break me
repeair, mend, fix (A)
- The bow was not really too broken, and she repaired it in a day.
lift spirits, increase morale, comfort or heal depression (B)
- My freinds comforted me when my grandmother died.
muscle, force (v.) (B)
- indimidate through physical threat or otherwise cause someone to do something against their will
- He forced his way through the door.
- They tried to block her path but she muscled through them both.
squeeze (B)
- pinch or compress
- To get the juice from the fruit you have to squeeze it hard.
- She pinched my lovehandles and startled me.
embrace (B)
- hold or hug
- Mother gives the biggest hugs.
- I embraced her as she died.
tool, utensil (A)
- While useful as a generic term, it would also be a great help in naming specific tools.
knife, blade (A)
rope (B)
belt, strap (B)