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Lesson 45: Vocabulary Interlude 8

This is a “themed” Vocabulary Interlude. Our theme is “love.” Láadan has many separate words for what in English would be various forms of “love.”

Vocabulary


	a		love of inanimates
	áayáa		mysterious love, not yet known to be welcome or unwelcome
	áazh		love for one sexually desired at one time, but not now
	ab		love for one liked but not respected
	ad		love for one respected but not liked
	am		love for one related by blood
	ashon		love for one not related by blood, but kin of the heart
	aye		love that is unwelcome and a burden
	azh		love for one sexually desired now
	éeme		love for one neither liked nor respected
	oham		love for that which is holy
	sham		love for the child of one’s body, presupposing neither liking nor respect nor their absence

Note: in Time Out 7 we saw the word “ahana” (chocolate) we can now give its derivation: [a (love of inanimates) + ana (food)].

Additional Vocabulary


	donidan		lovingkindness
	Emath		Mama
	lila		to female-sex act
	ludi		to be female
	luth		to rock (as a baby)
	maha		sexual desire
	shathul		honored parent

Examples

In lieu of example sentences for this lesson, here is a grid presenting abbreviated versions of the attributes of the various Láadan words for “love.”

	Toward	Welcome	Liking	Respect	Sexual Desire	Kin by
a	inanimate
oham	holy
áayáa		unknown
aye		no (& burden)
ab			yes	no
ad			no	yes
éeme			no	no
azh					now
áazh					previously
am						blood
ashon						heart
sham						child

Exercises

Translate the following into English


1	Bíi di worabalin wowith withidedi áayáanal wáa.
2	Báa loláad ne azh ledi?
3	Eril em, izh ril loláad le áazh nedi wa.
4	Báa loláad ne e ab e ad behidedi?
5	Ra, loláad le éeme behidedi wa.
6	Bíi eril dam ehená oham Elá abeshethudi wáa.
7	Bíi rilrili bre meloláad with a Láadanedi ébre loláad Shuzhéth thenahul wa.
8	Bíi eril naloláad mathul sham áwithedi widahath wóoban be beth wáa.
9	Báa eril mime beye Mázhareth bedi ashonenal, “Báa tháa ne?”
10	Bíi eril loláad le shama bróo dam ra Máthu am lenedi wa.

Of course you had no trouble interpreting the word “Elá” (Creator, but without the feature “male”) in #6: “el” (to make) + “–á” (doer); it’s capitalized here because it refers to an aspect of Deity.

Translate the following into Láadan


11	I love fruit and chocolate.
12	He loves (unwelcome and a burden) me; I try to be gentle to him for harmony’s sake.
13	The student carries her burden lovingly (of the holy).
14	Do you love me, Mommy?
15	The farmer traveled home because of love (of family-by-blood).
16	Bethany cares for her friend out of love (for kin-of-the-heart).
17	The woman female-sex-acts with her husband (pleasurably) out of love (with sexual desire).
18	Michael will caress the scientist from love (former sexual desire).
19	The priest listened out of love (respect but not liking).
20	The nurse showed signs of love (neither liking nor respect) for the family.

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Answers


1	The young woman speaks to the man with (in a manner of) mysterious-love.
2	Do you love (w/ sexual desire) me?
3	I used to, but now I love (w/ former sexual desire) you.
4	Do you either love (liking but not respecting) or love (respecting but not liking) him?
5	No, I love (neither liking nor respecting) him.
6	The philosopher demonstrated love (for the holy) toward the Creator of all-that-is.
7	If women loved Láadan, then Suzette would feel extreme joy (good reason).
8	The mother began to feel love for the baby when she gave birth to her.
9	Did someone ask Margaret, “How are you?” lovingly (family-of-the-heart).
10	I grieved (reason/no blame/no remedy) because Matthew showed no signs of (family-by-blood) love for us.

11	Bíi loláad le a yudi i ahanadi wa.
12	Bíi loláad behid aye ledi; dulema le bedi shada wa.
13	Bíi ril wida bedihá dosh bethoth ohamenal wáa.
14	Báa loláad ne sham ledi, Emath?
15	Bíi eril im ábedá bethedi amewáan wa.
16	Bíi ril naya Bétheni lan bethoth ashonewáan wa.
17	Bíi ril lila with ebahid bethodan azhewáan wáa.
18	Bíi aril lámála Máyel eháth áazhewáan wa.
19	Bíi eril ma wíithamid adewáan wáa.
20	Bíi eril dam onin éeme onidadi wa.

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