Lexember 2020: Week 2

Day 8

Kabsi /kɑb.ˈsi/, to light. Irregular root kazi /kɑ.ˈzi/
Osnet /os.ˈnɛt/, destruction.

K’ibånibhe kazisus.
We (excl.) lit the oil lamp.

Kazi æ kaz nakyæla Sabahjen — bhet i besun æ i kaza, i osnet æ k’ega.
The Sabaji Tveshi confuse [the words] to light [kazi] and wet [kaz] — thus fire and water, destruction and birth.

Day 9

Ịbsje /ɪb.ˈʝɛ/ 1. An arduous task. 2. A task that someone doesn’t want to do. 3. Someone a person is avoiding. 4. Spam message. 5. Busywork, usu. with prefix bhu- to make bhukịbsje /βu.ɪb.ˈʝɛ/.

Ku jeigëtsædoabhle mandanmælaịrru k’ịbsje.
The one I was avoiding pulled me into a convo about uni.

Kal ịbsjebuhja kịneizössa ku fæsnå ku kabismä.
The politics of breadwinning women gives us (incl) pause [freezes us] on account of the heavy work.

Day 10

Ịbai /ɪb.ˈaɪ/, to suck
Danmåvịbsuction
Bịmåvịb, sucker, as in the sucker on an animal. 

Nibhæ̈ glabdemlbe ku danmåvịb?
/ni.βæ̤ glɑb.ˈdɛ.ml.bə ku dɑn.mɔ.ˈvɪb/
Is the suction good?

Day 11

Æb /æb/, wide, broad. See kæl for a close synonym.
Æbit /æb.ˈit/ 1. To widen. 2. To extend an argument beyond the initial parameters. 3. To provide an out.

I bịnar ralæf domæla ku bizar lịbæb.
The wide river has thick vegetation.

Day 12

Dzo /d͡zo͜ʊ/, supple, malleable, flexible.

Lịdzo ademl iku ku gaxubë.
That committee is flexible.

Melë /mə.ˈlɛ̤/. celestial vault, sphere of the sky. Adjective melscelestial.
Ædzhje, /æd͡z.ˈʝɛ/, clay.

Ku tsorhjen ramels ædzhjemä ofæhjozmịrrabæn.
Never make a celestial divine image out of clay.

Day 13

Tzal /t͜zɑl/, gaudyin bad taste.

I baphaiyum ratzal bhædlịrru.
They built a gaudy satellite home.

Tzëit /t͜zə̤.ˈit/, to hang.

Tzëlarrị ku mora t’umidas.
The flower likely hung in the window.

Day 14

Ud /ud/, wreath, both adj and n. 
Änud /ɑ̤n.ˈud/, unadorned, plain.

Il ud ku taxesgenahaitsidas tzëlịrra ku pho.
My family will hang wreaths at the winter solstice.

Ukit /u.ˈkit/, to encircle.

Kul moratyas tsanukzaerroịts.
You possibly encircled yourself with flowers.

Day 15

Üd /ṳd/, arch. 
Üdxe /ṳd.ˈçɛ/, archway.

Il üd ruadåmskez domæla i baphaiyum.
The satellite home has painted arches.

Ademl t’ud i üdxedas.
The wreath is in the archway.