It’s rock, rock, rock; rock around the clock! Because today’s theme from ConWorkShop is Verbs and nouns that can make you fall asleep. Actually rocking to sleep would be rusuta and rocking to loud music would be toreta. While the issue of rock (pata) vs. roll (paraño) featured in the tragedy of Kullervo (an old Earth myth). But I digress.
ue tosimu inara rusuta hopokave· ue hana pataña orota hopokave:
or another-ACC sleep-INE rock-INF can-PRS–HSY | or 3S.R–PTV rock-COM hit-INF can-PRS–HSY ||
You can rock one to sleep, or you can hit her with a rock.
kanaimano vatoyeke puuma sokive hii utemi rini moyakunare renipu peneta riyokive:
senator-GEN digress-PPART speech.NOM get-PST–HSY that.CONJ great-SUP part.NOM audience-ELA awake stay-INF struggle-PST–HSY ||
The Senator’s rambling speech had most of the audience struggling to stay awake.
nuyiru /ˈnujiɹu/ n. IN dullness, boredom
vatoyeke /ˈvɑtoˌjeke/ adj. digressive, rambling
vatoyeta /ˈvɑtoˌjetɑ/ vi. 1. to digress, divert (oneself), deviate (from ELA);
2. to move aside
vatoyesi /ˈvɑtoˌjesi/ n. IN digression, deviation, aside
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