Friday, October 19, 2018

Doing things and why in Orcish (Fantasy Friday #18)

Some examples of the pronomial prefixes used with Orcish verbs, introduced in the last post:

jihgin /d͡ʒɪ̃˨̃˨gĩ˦n/ “I see” (as in a general act of seeing, but not if a specific sight is mentioned)
quigin /kʷĩ˦gĩ˦n/ “I see you”
rihgin /rɪ̃˨̃˨gĩ˦n/ “I see him/her/it/them”
sigin /ʂĩ˦gĩ˦n/ “I see y’all”
nkigin /ᵑkĩ˦gĩ˦n/ “you see him/her/it/them”
joygin /d͡ʒõĩgĩ˦n/ “you see us”
gin /gĩ˦n/ “he/she/it sees him/her/it/them”; “they see them”
chogin /t͡ʃɔ̃˞gĩ˦n/ “you see me”
moygin /mõĩgĩ˦n/ “he/she/it sees me”; “they see me”
toygin /tʰõĩgĩ˦n/ “y’all see me”
nkoygin /ᵑkõĩgĩ˦n/ “he/she/it sees you”
tihgin /tʰɪ̃˨gĩ˦n/ “we see you”
luhgin /lʌ̃˨gĩ˦n/ “they see him/her/it”

A special set of pronomial prefixes is used for imperatives.  Commands can only take second-person subjects.  Here’s some examples of imperatives:
gihkhuhnk /gɪ̃˨q͡χʌ̃˨ᵑk/ “sleep!”
tuhkhuhnk /tʰʌ̃˨q͡χʌ̃˨ᵑk/ “sleep, y’all!”
qihtit /xɪ̃˨tʰĩ˦tʰ/ “hit me!”
ghotit /ɣɔ̃˞tʰĩ˦tʰ/ “hit us!”
gihtit /gɪ̃˨tʰĩ˦tʰ/ “hit him/her/it!”
tihtit /tʰɪ̃˨tʰĩ˦tʰ/ “hit them!”

Here’s some more examples, this time of some of the suffixes introduced in this post:
jihtituhgh /d͡ʒɪ̃˨tʰĩ˦tʰʌ̃˨ɣ/ “I hit myself”
nihtituhgh /nɪ̃˨tʰĩ˦tʰʌ̃˨ɣ/ “you hit yourself”
tituhgh /tʰĩ˦tʰʌ̃˨ɣ/ “he/she hits himself/herself”
gihquituhgh /gɪ̃˨kʷĩ˦tʰʌ̃˨ɣ/ “tell yourself!”
tuhquituhgh /tʰʌ̃˨kʷitʰʌ̃˨ɣ/ “tell yourselves!”
mititchoyq /mĩ˦tʰĩ˦tt͡ʃʰõĩx/ “we hit each other”
soytitchoyq /ʂõĩtʰĩ˦tt͡ʃʰõĩx/ “y’all hit each other”
titchoyq /tʰĩ˦tt͡ʃʰõĩx/ “they hit each other”
tuhtitchoyq /tʰʌ̃˨tʰĩ˦tt͡ʃʰõĩx/ “hit each other!”
rihginnihs /rɪ̃˨gĩ˦nːɪ̃˨ʂ/ “I need to see him/her”
nihnkoytnihs /nɪ̃˨ᵑkõĩtʰnɪ̃˨ʂ/ “you need to eat”
khirquing /q͡χĩ˦rkʷĩ˦ŋ/ “he/she/it/they is/are willing to die”
quiquitquing /kʷĩ˦kʷĩ˦tʰkʷĩ˦ŋ/ “I am willing to tell you”
khirroyt /q͡χĩ˦rːõĩtʰ/ “he/she/it/they is/are ready to die”
quiginroyt /kʷĩ˦gĩ˦nrõĩtʰ/ “I am ready to see you”
noyquitroyt /nõĩkʷĩ˦trõĩtʰ/ “they are prepared to tell us”
chonoyrtoyriht /t͡ʃɔ̃˞nõĩrtʰõĩrɪ̃˨tʰ/ “you are afraid to kill me”
moytitriht /mõĩtʰĩ˦tʰrɪ̃˨tʰ/ “they are afraid to hit us”
misoyltochoq /mĩ˦ʂõĩltɔ̃˞t͡ʃɔ̃˞x/ “we are becoming lucky; we are experiencing a turn of luck”
lilquoychoq /lĩ˦lkʷõĩt͡ʃɔ̃˞x/ “he/she/it/they is beginning to go somewhere” (the implication being that he, she, it, or they was going either nowhere or somewhere else sometime before the phrase was uttered)
rihsoygoyqui’ /rɪ̃˨ʂõĩgõĩkʷĩ˦ʔ/ “I am resuming the search, I am searching for him/her/it/they again”
rorquoysih’nkoyquoy rihlogtoymoq /rɔ̃˞rkʷõĩʂɪ̃˨ʔᵑkõĩkʷõĩrɪ̃˨lɔ̃˞gtʰõĩmɔ̃˞x/ “I form a boarding party” “I cause a boarding party to be formed.”
qihloyrmoq /xɪ̃˨lõĩrmɔ̃˞x/ “let me hear (something)” “cause me to hear (something)”
nkirinloy’ /ᵑkĩ˦rĩ˦nlõĩʔ/ “someone/something remembers you” “you are remembered”
sihginloy’ /ʂɪ̃˨gĩ˦nlõĩʔ/ “someone/something sees us” “we are seen”
nkoytloy’ /ᵑkõĩtʰlõĩʔ/ “someone/something eats it” “it is eaten”
sissi rinoytoy’ tusloy’ /ʂĩ˦ʂːĩ˦rĩ˦nõĩtʰõĩʔtʰʌ̃˨ʂlõĩʔ/ “there are children around here” “someone/something finds children here”

tit /tʰĩ˦tʰ/:  (verb) to hit; to strike; to knock
tol /tʰɔ̃˞l/:  (verb) to have the physical power and ability
tuh- /tʰʌ̃˨./:  (pronomial prefix) plural imperative with no object
tuhs /tʰʌ̃˨ʂ/:  (verb) to find
tuhsloy’ /tʰʌ̃˨ʂlõĩʔ/:  (verb form) someone/something finds it; there is
tuhsuh /tʰʌ̃˨ʂʌ̃˨/:  (verb) to get; to receive
tuhl /tʰʌ̃˨l/:  (verb) to come
tih- /tʰɪ̃˨./:  (pronomial prefix) imperative with third-person plural object
istoy /ĩ˦ʂtʰõĩ/:  (verb) to know; to know how to
ig /ĩ˦g/:  (verb) to have a/the chance, opportunity, or permission
quit /kʷĩ˦tʰ/:  (verb) to say; to speak; to tell; (when used with the interrogative suffix, it can mean) to ask
-quing /.kʷĩ˦ŋ/:  (volitive suffix) willing
-qui’ /.kʷĩ˦ʔ/:  (transformative suffix) resume; implies that an action had been taking place, then it stopped, and then it began again
sis /ʂĩ˦ʂ/:  (adverb) here
sissi /ʂĩ˦ʂːĩ˦/:  (adverb) hereabouts
soygoy /ʂõĩgõĩ/:  (verb) to pursue; to look for; to search
soynoy /ʂõĩnõĩ/:  (verb) to think; to reflect
soylto /ʂõĩltʰɔ̃˞/:  (verb) to be lucky
qih- /xɪ̃˨./:  (pronomial prefix) imperative with first-person singular object
gho- /ɣɔ̃˞./:  (pronomial prefix) imperative with first-person plural object
-moq /.mɔ̃˞x/:  (causative suffix) cause; indicates that the subject is causing a change of condition or causing a new condition to come into existence
khir /q͡χĩ˦r/:  (verb) to die; to fade; to expire
khuhnk /q͡χʌ̃˨ᵑk/:  (verb) to sleep
-choq /.t͡ʃɔ̃˞x/:  (transformative suffix) change in state; change in direction; become; begin to
-choyq /.t͡ʃõĩx/:  (reflexive suffix) each other; one another (used only with plural subjects; the prefix set indicating ``no object'' must be used)
nkir /ᵑkĩ˦r/:  (verb) to want; to wish; to desire
nkoyt /ᵑkõĩtʰ/:  (verb) to eat
nkoytoy /ᵑkõĩtʰõĩ/:  (verb) to take; to grasp; to seize
gin /gĩ˦n/:  (verb) to see; to behold
goyr /gõĩr/:  (verb) to do; to make; to build; to form
gih-  /gɪ̃˨./:  (pronomial prefix) singular imperative with no object; imperative with third-person singular object
nonki /nɔ̃˞ᵑkĩ˦/:  (noun) place; (verb) to place; to put
noy /nõĩ/:  (verb) to be; his is the copula used to join adjectives, nouns or pronouns in statements or wishes asserting or desiring a thing to have certain quality, or to be the same as another; also used in impersonal constructions such as “it is cold”; may be omitted where the meaning is clear; (interj.) yes; it is so
noyrtoy /nõĩrtʰõĩ/:  (verb) to slay, to kill
-nuhq /.nʌ̃˨x/:  (volitive suffix) ready, set up (referring to devices)
-nihs /.nɪ̃˨ʂ/:  (volitive suffix) need
rin /rĩ˦n/:  to recall; to have in mind
rorquoy /rɔ̃˞rkʷõĩ/:  to adventure; to have an impulse; to be compelled to do something; to set vigorously out to do
rorquoysih’ /rɔ̃˞rkʷõĩʂɪ̃˨ʔ/:  (noun) adventurer
rorquoysih’nkoyquoy /rɔ̃˞rkʷõĩʂɪ̃˨ʔᵑkõĩkʷõĩ/:  (noun) adventuring party
-royt /.rõĩtʰ/:  (volitive suffix) ready, prepared (referring to beings)
royrquoy /rõĩrkʷõĩ/:  (verb) to have; to possess
-riht /.rɪ̃˨tʰ/:  (volitive suffix) afraid
lirtoy /lĩ˦rtʰõĩ/:  (verb) to be free to do (being under no physical or other kind of restraint)
lilquoy /lĩ˦lkʷõĩ/:  (verb) to go; to approach; to proceed on a course; to get close; to come near; to travel; to roam; to rove  
logtoy /lɔ̃˞gtʰõĩ/:  (verb) to sprout; to put forth leaves or flowers; to take shape; to take form
logtoymoq /lɔ̃˞gtʰõĩmɔ̃˞x/:  (verb) to make; to create; to cause to take shape
loyr /lõĩr/:  (verb) to hear
-loy’ /lõĩʔ/:  (potentive suffix) indefinite subject; passive voice; used to indicate that the subject is unknown, indefinite, and/or general (since the subject is always the same ~ unstated ~ pronominal prefixes are used differently: those prefixes which normally indicate third-person singular objects are used to indicate first-, second-, or third-person objects)
-uhgh /.ʌ̃˨ɣ/:  (reflexive suffix) indicates that the action described by the verb affects the performer of the action, the subject, the prefix set indicating ``no object'' must be used with this suffix; can be used with imperative prefixes

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