Lexember Wrap-Up: 44 New Akachenti Words

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1. sinti • verb, to do something reckless and ill-advised


2. ndaji • verb, to fool, deceive, or trick someone


3. à- • prefix, else, as in àvì, elsewhen


4. ibas • noun, bread, charitable giving, alms


5. ra • auxiliary verb, negates main verb, e.g. ahuá ira, “we weren’t asked”; incorporated as -r-, negates incorporating verb or noun, e.g. obrugáshi, “he’s no lover to me”; ágrato, “you didn’t meet with me”


6. tagilit • noun, lit. “the small night, losing someone while they remain alive or happy, e.g. a breakup or falling out with someone, moving away and losing touch with someone, a drifting apart


7. ataglito • verb, to lose touch with or lose a relationship with someone, connotes a desired relationship or not intentionally initiating the break


8. kobi • noun, playing piece (in a game)


9. iharàsh • noun, buyer or purchaser in a transaction


10. iharáshi • verb, to be the designated trader or purchaser for another person, caravan, business, or organization, etc., implies being a representative of wealth


11. ishot • noun, money


12. ishotaget • payday, lit. “of money-night”


13. veste • adj., wet, lit. “bewatered”


14. idigàsh • noun, teller, speaker


15. aklotabanglo • verb, lit. “to blood-bury”, to cover up, to hide something


16. tagehlosi • adj. lit. “night-minded”, grieving, depressed


17. ibre’digàsh • noun, whisperer, informant, someone who tells secrets


18. abestigo • verb, to say in a hidden manner, to imply or intimate (for the hearer’s benefit), to threaten by implication or subtext


19. iklati • noun, paint


20. iklatàsh • noun, painter


21. ihlakosàsh • noun, a player currently participating in a game


22. soh • adjective, for a long time or having some history, of some years of age, e.g. asàsi soh, “I’ve missed you for a long time”


23. ieseb • noun, the core area or heart of a city, either the most important to its modern functioning or the original part of it that persists


24. vote • noun, north


25. votànta • to be northward (from something)


26. ikhus • noun, mountain


27. ikhusebet • noun, mountain range


28. shinungahe • resultative, (it’s) probably passed


29. anungo • verb, to pass, to go by


30. -gahe • suffix, probably, lit. “should true”


31. usàti • adjective, (of a person) holding too much unofficial power to wisely oppose


32. samekle • adj., polite and honorable


33. brekesamekle • adj., sympathetic but not in overt support


34. itos • def. noun, the rock, especially a large one; boulder


35. toste • adj., burdened


36. toset • 1. adj., heavy or difficult to carry or move; 2. adv., strenuous


37. (i)takoset • adj., administrative, clerical, bureaucratic


38. abaeshekho • verb, to study


39. ibirit • noun, story or level of a building; an upper story, balcony, or overlook


40. mashakhiet • adj., worshipful, reverential in a romantic or sexual context


41. itokh • [ itox ] • noun, the local trade


42. itakhet • [ itaxɛt ] • noun, trade with foreigners, the open market, exports


43. ichoto • [ itʃoto ] • noun, silk


44. angit • [ aŋit ] • noun, cave

 

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