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mbârʔəmbɤrtwo strands of thread run together to form one; cord; whatever is spunTwisting or tying very small joints like netting with thumbs and index fingers.synparaicl:ntrayhcfcalléinhrt-v: cléinh6.6.1Working with cloth6.6.1.2Spinning thread
yang cơt nhônjaːŋ kɤːt ɲoːnspirit of personal habits (if it is good one can be dirty, but not sick; if it is bad you get sick for being dirty)4.9.2Supernatural being
ngâh4ŋɤh1unspecified subject (UNS), may indicate anyone or everyone in general, or someone the speaker doesn’t know or doesn’t want to nameMa ân idoq táq thét ma lâyq ngâh iyư.But what UNS had done wrong UNS didn’t remember.Carna ngâh tumóung.The way one lives.Ngâh is usually replaced by clitic i= before one syllable verbs, as in the first example. Can be used in a clause modifying a noun where English would use a ‘to’ or ‘for’ purpose clause:; Ngâh precedes a one-syllable verb when an adverbial occurs between it and the verb, as in the example below.9.2.3Pronouns22nd person in commands and wishesA–i dơi bâl boup tông achưng acư, ngâh iyư tốq nô ra!Mother kept instructing me, (you) remember in the future.Ngâh cachan hoc hanh o hôi uráq u–ar.(You) eagerly study so capable of writing.A name or 2nd person pronoun is rarely used in a command.
ca=kaː1v.clitcollectiveKeat-cakeat.To cut around-to cut all the way around.clitic form of ca ‘all’; Occurs on some numerals and one-syllable verbs.cfDUP.Ca1spec: babar, pape, papoan, xaxông, chachít ‘all two; all three; all four; all five; all ten’2num.clitcollectiveCabar, cape, capoan.All two, all three, all four.clitic form of ca ‘all’; Occurs on one-syllable numerals.; These are synonymous with the reduplicative collectives, i.e., babar, pape, papoan, xaxông, chachít.
cloun nganklṵːn ŋaːnplay; court; petIchou tốq dúng icha aya, icloun ingan bui be lư. One returns to home, one eats the celebration, one plays one plays very happily.
lomlɔːmphysical liver; figurative heart; character; seat of emotionsImo lom pallúng do cốh, achai?What is his character, brother? (Good, thief, liar?)Adyóq_lom ‘mean’; câng_lom (crêng,pưt) ‘stubborn, fearless’; cóc_lom ‘says one thing but does other’; coum_lom ‘dull, unlearned’; o_lom ‘good hearted’; khâm_lom ‘keeps his word’; lâyq_bôn_lom ‘no pride, no embarrassment’; lbot_lom ‘responsive’; ticál_lom ‘??’; tinâng_lom ‘honest, true to word’; tinga_lom ‘pure’; vec_lom ‘says one thing but does other’.synparngíh parchứm1.6.2Parts of an animal
riqriːʔ1tighten, pull tight; move magically; relocateNám i–ính bôn te cốh ntíh, cốh ntíh iriq pachúng tốq néh.If one wants to have something from over there, one pulls together drawstrings to here.E.g., drawstrings of tui_parriq a magical bag by which one can supposedly move places and things.synreitcaus:pareit; nomi:parreit; recp:tarreit; invol:tareit2shorten or sqeeze the distance3teleport magically
nốh ngâh paxoulnoh ŋɤh pasṵːlrelationships for address and referenceSee chart in Part One 6.2.3 Terms of Address.; It isn’t good to use may ‘you’ when addressing a person for the first time in an exchange. One should use the person’s name or kin relationship (real or extended). The same is true of reference--don’t use do ‘he/she’ the first time.
a=1ʔaː1dative to/forIdóng ado cun kin amêng cun kin.They give to him half and to me half.Mêng pachou, mêng bôn amêng.Self takes home, self takes to-one’s-self.Precedes one-syllable pronoun. ado precedes two-syllable pronouns.; Sometimes found written separately in texts, as either a or o. 23pacưunspec. comp. formʔakɯːto meDyoun acư au.Give to me.1SG dative.cfaday9.2.3Pronounsamayunspec. comp. formʔamajto you2SG Dative9.2.3Pronouns
cán r–ay cốhkan ʔər.ʔaj kohthat woman; her; sheDáng cốh vi mâh náq cán ân a–ay; cán rcay cốh a–ay ân nong pangốh aham.There there was a sick woman; she was sick always losing blood.The woman in focus, distinguished from more generic do_cốh ‘that one’.cfr–aysit:r–ay amâh; sit:r–ay nnéh; pa dial.:mbár