User:Ochristi/Construction/Update Log/2010-06

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2010-06-25

Frommer starts his blog

source: Frommer Blog: Zola’u nìprrte’! Welcome! — posted by Pawl

words

• tìkangkemvi [tɪ.ˈkaŋ.kɛm.vi] (N) project, piece of work.
• sngeykä’i [sŋɛj.ˈkæ.ʔi] (Vtr) begin (something).

  “The work began” — Tìkangkem sngolä’i

  “She began the work” — Poel tìkangkemit sngeykolä’i

• nì’i’a [nɪ.ˈʔi.ʔa] (Adv) finally. ► “I’ve finally finished!”.

  syllabification under question: nɪ.ˈʔi.ʔa vs. nɪ.ˈʔiʔ.a

• nìsyen [nɪ.sjɛn] (Adv) finally, lastly. ► “Finally, we need to talk about the budget”.
• pìlok [pɪ.ˈlok] (N) blog.
• tsulfä [ʦul.ˈfæ] (N) mastery.
• tsulfä si [ʦul.ˈfæ si] (N) master.
• tsulfätu [ʦul.ˈfæ.tu] (N) master of an art, craft, or skill; expert.
• numtsengvi [ˈnum.ʦɛŋ.vi] (N) classroom, division of a school.
• rofa [ˈro.fa] (Adp–) beside, alongside.
• pum [pum] (N) possession, thing possessed.

  Kelku ngeyä lu tsawl; pum oeyä lu hì’i "your house is large; mine is small"

• krro krro [ˈkr̩ː.o ˈkr̩ː.o] (Adv) at times, on occasion.

2010-06-18

source: Forum: Txe'lanit Hivawl... — compiled (posted/quoted) by Prrton (21:44 UTC) dump

numbers and time

octal number marking

• °/a depending on sentence flow
• optional for 0-7

number names

• kew [kɛw] (Num) zero, 0.
• ’eyt [ʔɛjt] (Num) eight, 8 (only as decimal figure).
• nayn [najn] (Num) nine, 9 (only as decimal figure).

Pandoran day

• trrtxon [tr̩ː.tʼon] (N) day night cycle.

• sresrr’ong [sɾɛ.sr̩ː.ˈʔoŋ] (N); (Adv) before daybreak, before dawn (↑ trr’ong).
• trr’ong [tr̩ː.ˈʔoŋ] (N); (Adv) daybreak, dawn.
• trr’ongmaw [tr̩ː.ˈʔoŋ.maw] (N); (Adv) after daybreak, after dawn (↑ trr’ong).
• rewon [ˈɾɛ.won] (N); (Adv) morning.
• srekamtrr [sɾɛ.ˈkam.tr̩ː] (N); (Adv) before midday, before noon (↑ kxamtrr).
• kxamtrr [ˈkʼam.tr̩ː] (N); (Adv) midday, noon.
• kxamtrrmaw [ˈkʼam.tr̩ː.maw] (N); (Adv) after midday, after noon (↑ kxamtrr).
• ha’ngir [haʔ.ˈŋiɾ] (N); (Adv) afternoon.
• kaym [kajm] (N); (Adv) evening.
• sreton’ong [sɾɛ.ton.ˈʔoŋ] (N); (Adv) before darkness falls, before night unfolds (↑ txon’ong).
• txon’ong [tʼon.ˈʔoŋ] (N); (Adv) darkness falls, night unfolds.
• txon’ongmaw [tʼon.ˈʔoŋ.maw] (N); (Adv) after darkness falls, after night unfolds (↑ txon’ong).
• txon [tʼon] (N); (Adv) night.
• srekamtxon [sɾɛ.ˈkam.tʼon] (N); (Adv) before midnight (as the middle of the night) (↑ kxamtxon).
• kxamtxon [ˈkʼam.tʼon] (N); (Adv) midnight (as the middle of the night).
• kxamtxomaw [ˈkʼam.tʼo.maw] (N); (Adv) after midnight (as the middle of the night) (↑ kxamtxon).
• txon [tʼon] (N); (Adv) night.

yesterday, tomorrow, this-

• rewonam [rɛ.wo.ˈnam] (N); (Adv) yesterday morning.
• rewonay [rɛ.wo.ˈnaj] (N); (Adv) tomorrow morning.
• fìrewon [fɪ.ˈɾɛ.won] (N); (Adv) this morning.

• kaymam [kaj.ˈmam] (N); (Adv) yesterday evening.
• kaymay [kaj.ˈmaj] (N); (Adv) tomorrow evening.
• fìkaym [fɪ.ˈkajm] (N); (Adv) this evening.

• ha’ngiram [haʔ.ŋiˈɾam] (N); (Adv) yesterday afternoon.
• ha’ngiray [haʔ.ŋi.ˈɾaj] (N); (Adv) tomorrow afternoon.
• fìha’ngir [fɪ.haʔ.ˈŋiɾ] (N); (Adv) this afternoon.

time over the whole day on earth

• ° + time (in octal notation °14-hour- or °27-hour-system) + time of the day

language

interesting

• eltur tìtxen si [ˈɛl.tuɾ tɪ.ˈtʼɛn si] (Vin) be interesting, be intriguing.
• usage:
  • Tsa’u eltur tìtxen si. (“That’s interesting.”)
  • Tsavur feyä ayeltur tìtxen soli. (“They found that story interesting.”)
  • Pxoeri tsavur eltur tìtxen soli. (“The three of us were interested in that story.”)

slang

• wou [ˈwo.u] (V) be amazing, be fascinating (slang).
• examples:
  • WOU Neytiri! (“Neytiri is the bomb/awesome!”)
  • Oeru woeiu lì’fya leNa’vi. (“I’m just fascinated by the Na’vi language.”)
  • Mì na’rìng Tsyeykìl loreyuti ’olampi a tsaswaw WOU oer nìwotx!
    (“That instant when Jake touched the Helicoradiam Spirale in the forest I was totally amazed.”)
  • If you’re a dad just back from a long day at the zoo with your 7-y-o (who fell asleep in the car) reporting to mom:
    Por warmou frafneioang nìtut, slä nìpxi pxesyìräfì.
    (“He just couldn’t get over all the animals, but was especially taken with the 3 giraffe.” (nb: tsyìräfì, mesyìräfì, etc...)
• originated from JS yelling "Whoa!" a lot, being new to Pandora

analysis

• adp. on correct side of fwa/a fì’u
• sngä’i as modal Verb

fwa and tsawa

• a tsa’u [a ˈʦa.ʔu] (Conj) that (thing) which, ....
• tsawa [ˈʦa.wa] (Conj) that (contraction of: tsa’u a; ↑ a tsa’u).
• tsata [ˈʦa.ta] (Conj) that (contraction of: tsa’ut a; ↑ a tsa’u).
• tsaria [ˈʦa.ɾi.a] (Conj) that (contraction of: tsa’uri a; ↑ a tsa’u).

lam oer (fwa)

WIP

alo & fralo

• alo [a.lo] (N) time, turn, instance.

numbering nouns leaves them singular

WIP

mllte

WIP

patience

WIP

• hapxìtu [ha.ˈpʼɪ.tu] (N) member.

good night

• nìmwey [nɪm.ˈwɛj] (Adv) calmly, peacefully.
  1. hivahaw nìmwey [hi.ˈva.haw nɪm.ˈwɛj] (Idiom) “goodnight”. ► (when it’s bedtime) (TH).

WIP

adjectives

• ku’up [ˈkuʔ.up] (Adj) heavy (physical weight).
• syo [sjo] (Adj) light, lightweight.
• hay [haj] (Adj) next.
• ham [ham] (Adj) last, previous.

2010-06-16

source: Forum: Just another few words... — posted by omängum fra'uti (00:24 UTC)

words

• lì’fyavi [ˈlɪʔ.fja.vi] (N) expression, bit of language.

  "Lì'fyavi lesar nìtxan nang!"

• nafì’u [na.fɪ.ˈʔu] (Adj) such.

  "Krro len ayhem anafì'u"