Difference between revisions of "L E P/Warfare and hunting"
m (Protected "L E P/Warfare and hunting": This was the old LEP ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))) |
|||
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | {{lep|n=leather (n), | + | {{lep|n=leather (n), tan (v) |
|priority=C | |priority=C | ||
|ex1= | |ex1= | ||
Line 111: | Line 111: | ||
|ex1=seize after a chase | |ex1=seize after a chase | ||
|ex2=stop and seize with the hands | |ex2=stop and seize with the hands | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=scout (v.), explore | ||
+ | |priority=C | ||
+ | |ex1=What's that noise? Scout out behind that tree. | ||
+ | |ex2=The kids were always exploring too far from their parents | ||
}} | }} | ||
Line 191: | Line 197: | ||
|priority=B | |priority=B | ||
|comments=struggle against an outside imposition | |comments=struggle against an outside imposition | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=free (v) | ||
+ | |priority=B | ||
+ | |ex1=Free them! | ||
+ | |comments= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=weapon(s), arms | ||
+ | |priority=C | ||
+ | |ex1=Keep your weapons close — Sky People are coming! | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=guard (v) | ||
+ | |priority=C | ||
+ | |ex1=Guard him — don't let him escape. | ||
+ | |comments=Distinct from "guard" as "protect." | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=truce | ||
+ | |priority=C | ||
+ | |ex1=Let's call a truce between our peoples. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=torture, torment, afflict | ||
+ | |priority=C | ||
+ | |ex1=Don't torture that animal! Put it out of its misery. | ||
+ | |ex2=Cats torment their prey. | ||
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 02:05, 9 July 2015
Lexical Expansion Project
Unless you are a designated editor, please do not edit this page. You may comment in the discussion page, or make your comments in the forum. This page is the working space of the editors.
Hunting
pelt (n) (B)
- skin of an animal collected for other uses
rawhide (n) (C)
- Dried, but untrested skin; this is what is usually used for drum heads, and among humans, sometimes armor.
leather (n), tan (v) (C)
coup de grace (B)
- the action of a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature/person
- Jake does this in the movie ("A clean kill. You are ready.")
retrieving an arrow from a body (C)
- Good shot! Now <retrieve>.
hunting while on a mount (C)
- After Jake chooses his ikran, he will <ikran-hunt> with us for the first time.
- different verbs for different animals?
different types of poisons (C)
poisoning arrows or knives (C)
- Do not <poison-verb> to hunt nantang... it will spoil the meat.
various relative distance terms (C)
- within the distance of a leap, within interactable distance (run towards, shoot a bow, get attacked by the palulukan, etc), within visible distance (no immediate interaction is possible), out of sight
- in the context of hunting prey
hunting party (B)
- tìtaronpongu?
draw (bow) (C)
release (arrow) (C)
- Distinct from "shoot"? Much discussion of the bow on the forum [1].
track, trail, spoor (A)
ambush (v. and n.) (A)
prey, game, object of the hunt (A)
arrowhead (C)
bowstring (C)
nock (C)
- the groove at the end of an arrow that takes the string
- also, the grooves on the bow that hold the string
- lastly, the act of cutting such grooves
fletching (C)
- The feathers(?) on the end of an arrow
spearhead (B)
- the business end of a tukru
catch (v.) (B)
- seize after a chase
- stop and seize with the hands
scout (v.), explore (C)
- What's that noise? Scout out behind that tree.
- The kids were always exploring too far from their parents
Fighting
punch (v.) (A)
- hitting with a fist
- He curled his hand into a fist and punched the man in the face
kick (v.) (A)
- hitting with a foot
- He side kicked her in the ribs, and she collapsed to the ground
chop (B)
- hitting with the edge of a flat hand
slap (B)
- strike using the palm, fingers or inside of hand
- She was done with his 'wooing' and slapped him across the face
knee (v.) (B)
- hitting with a knee
elbow (v.) (B)
- hitting with an elbow
headbutt (C)
- hitting with the forehead
slice (v.) (B)
- a fast sweeping arc done with a knife to utilize the edge to inflict damage, rather than the point
slash (v.) (B)
- Similar to slice, but less clean, as if cut by a rough object like jagged rocks or a claw.
stab, puncture (B)
- a quick linear thrust of a blade or sharp object
scratch (C)
- superficial damage to the skin
shove, push (a person) (B)
- Neytiri pushed Jake away from her when she started getting angry.
wrestle (B)
- Neytiri managed to wrestle Tsu'tey off of Jake's avatar before he cut his throat.
defeat (vtr) (B)
- Is a personal victory ("beat", as in "I beat him in the race") different from a victory in a larger context?
resist (B)
- struggle against an outside imposition
free (v) (B)
- Free them!
weapon(s), arms (C)
- Keep your weapons close — Sky People are coming!
guard (v) (C)
- Guard him — don't let him escape.
- Distinct from "guard" as "protect."
truce (C)
- Let's call a truce between our peoples.
torture, torment, afflict (C)
- Don't torture that animal! Put it out of its misery.
- Cats torment their prey.