Lexember 5

I don’t blame you if you are a bit uncomfortable with today’s theme from ConWorkShop, seeing as it is creepies, crawlies, pests, and vermin. But since these things are part of the world, it is perfectly appropriate to have words for them as well. So let’s put on our bug-stomping boots and get to work.

veminurina havekiri ma vanatumamu sokava:
crawl-AGZ-PTV think-GER 1S.NOM chicken-skin-ACC get-PRS-SENS ||
The thought of creepy-crawlies makes my skin crawl.

vanatuma /ˈvɑnɑˌtumɑ/ n. IN 1. chicken skin;
2. goosebumps; crawling skin
vuyupiñi /ˈvujuˌpiŋi/ n. M pest, vermin
vuyupiñiyisepiñi /ˈvujuˌpiŋiˌjiseˌpiŋi/ n. R exterminator, pest control worker
vuyupiñiyisesi /ˈvujuˌpiŋiˌjisesi/ n. IN pest control; exterminator’s
vuyupiñiveri /ˈvujuˌpiŋiˌveɹi/ n. IN pesticide
vemi /ˈvemi/ n. IN crawl, slow movement on hands and knees
vemita /ˈvemitɑ/ vi. crawl, move slowly, move on hands and knees; move like a bug
veminuri /ˈveminuɹi/ n. F (colloq.) creepy-crawly, unspecified bug
vemipi /ˈvemipi/ n. IN buggy; all-terrain vehicle, ATV