Senjecas weather

Pronunciation table

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Notes

• afx = a word formed from a root and an affix, e.g., ƣosı̋ɠo, blizzard < ƣo, emphatic prefix + sı̋ɠo, snow storm.
• cpd = a compound of two or more roots, e.g., ṡűṡa, t.v. whirl-, swirl-, (-around) + m̃e̋e̋e, wind = ṡusm̃e̋e̋e, whirlwind.
• drv = a word derived from a root, e.g., m̃e̋e̋e, wind < m̃e̋e̋a, to blow.
• These words are not numbered, as only original roots are numbered.
• At the end is a legend, Total: Total: 47/2+0/0.4%. This means that there are 47 root words (lemmata) of which two are verbs and none are adjectives which can be treated as stative verbs. The last number means that 0.4 percent of the vocabulary is verbs.

Precipitation - aamfőőlra

Rain - sűűm̃e

• cpd aamfőőlra [< a̋a̋me, water; főőla, i.v. fall].
• cpd ȝeƣsűűm̃|o, sleet [< ȝe̋ƣo, ice; sűűm̃a, t.v. rain]. -a, i.v. sleet.
• 001 ka̋in|o, mist, fog, haze. -a, i.v. mist, fog (up). -ı̋d̨a, t.v. mist, fog (up), befog. -i, adj. misty, foggy, hazy. -ı̋ho, fog bank. -ka̋ðo, shroud of mist. -la̋þo, foggy weather. –ta, mistiness, fogginess, haziness.
• 002 musűr|o, heavy rainfall. -ko, cloudburst [> Telugu musuru, constant rain].
• 003 rő|so, dew [> Latin rōs, dew]. -si, adj. dewy. -sı̋d̨a, t.v. bedew, dew. -s̈e̋ibo, dewdrop.
• 004 sűűm̃|e, [anim.] rain [> Old Greek ὑει, rain]. -a, i.v. rain. -főőla, rainfall. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. rain. -se̋ibo, raindrop.
• 005 ṡa̋d|o, shower [> PUr *śada, rain]. -a, i.v. shower.
• 006 ṡı̋n|o, drizzle [> Tamil ciṇukku, drizzle]. -a, i.v. drizzle.
• 007 že̋l|o, downpour [> Georgian zɣwel, pour down]. -a, i.v. pour (down).

Snow - lűűfo

• 008 alűngo, snow bank [> Greenlandic Inupik alutsinniq, snow cliff].
• cpd haþȝe̋go, thin coating of ice on rock.
• 009 ke̋r|o, frozen crust on snow [> Finnish kerte, thin crust on snow]. -a, i.v. form a crust on snow.
• 010 kı̋rmo, thin covering of snow [> Turkish kɨraɣu, hoarfrost].
• 011 lűűn|o, falling snow [> Korean nun, snow]. -a, i.v. snow. –ko, flurry. -pa̋vo, snowflake. -ri, adj. snowy, niveous. -ro, snowfall.
• 012 műƣro, soft snow [> Chaplino muʁája, soft snow].
• 013 m̃a̋ṡo, wet snow [> Sami vuoǯ'ǯe, wet bare ice].
• 014 m̃őpo, sleeping hole in the snow [> Enets báʔa, sleeping place].
• 015 nila̋ƣo, freshwater ice [> Greenlandic Inupik. nilaɣ-, glazed frost].
• 016 őőko, ice hole.
• cpd pustőm̃o, firn [< pűṡa, t.v. compress; tőm̃o, fallen snow].
• 017 rı̋no, snow on trees [> Sami ridne, rime on trees].
• 018 rűƣ|a, i.v. melt [of ice] [> Western Canadian Inupik aujaq, summer]. -o, melting ice.
• 019 sőso, muddy snow.
• 020 sűð|o, frost [> Mansi šaĺ, frost]. -a, i.v. frost. -i, adj. frosty. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. frost.
• 021 s̨őmo, hoarfrost, rime [> Japanese shimó, frost].
• 022 s̨űngo, frazil ice, grease ice, slush. -i, adj. slushy.
• 023 ṡ̨a̋a̋to, icicle.
• 024 ṡ̨a̋g|o, frozen snow [> Korean ha-, cold]. -a, i.v. become frozen [of snow].
• 025 tő|m̃o, fallen snow [> Georgian tov-, snow]. -m̃da̋ko, blanket of snow [< da̋ko, blanket]. -m̃ka̋ði, adj. snow-, -covered,–capped [< ka̋ða, t.v. cover]. -m̤̃e̋e̋o, snowdrift [< m̃e̋e̋e, wind]. -m̃i, adj. snowy, niveous. -m̃rı̋ı̋no, sastruga [< rı̋ı̋no, ridge].
• 026 t̨ől|o, hail [> Turkish dolu, hail]. -a, i.v. hail. -ðűűo, hailstorm [< ðűűo, storm]. -ta̋a̋ino, hailstone [< ta̋a̋ino, stone].

Wind - m̃e̋e̋e

• cpd aamṡűṡo, waterspout [< a̋a̋me, flowing water; ṡűṡa, i.v. whirl].
• 027 anṡa̋ƣo, wind off the land [> Nunivak ancaʁnǝq, outgoing tide].
• 028 a̋nþe, north wind [Etruscan antha, north wind].
• 030 ha̋inṡe, very cold wind [> Gipuzkoan antzigar, very cold wind].
• 031 kana̋ke, wind from off the sea [> Ayup kanakǝq, wind from the sea].
• pol m̃e̋e̋|e, wind [anim.] [< m̃e̋e̋a, t.v. blow]. -i, adj. windy. -ke, breeze, zephyr; ðuu~, storm wind [< pol *na̋bo, gust [< na̋ba, burst].
• ðűűo, storm]; reið~, fair wind [< re̋iða, ride]; tar~, crosswind [< ta̋ra, t.v. cross]; þoos~, headwind [< *þőősa, t.v. oppose].
• 032 ne̋nge, south wind [> Japanese mìnami, south wind].
• 033 pőőðe, east wind.
• cpd sausm̃e̋e̋e, foehn [< sa̋usi, adj. dry].
• 034 űmto, draft [> Inupik ussaʁniq, draft].
• 035 za̋le west wind [> Turkish yel, wind].

Storms - ðűűos

• 036 ðűű|o, storm [> Greek θΰω, storm]. -a, i.v. storm, be stormy. -i, adj. stormy. -ko, squall.
• cpd ðuum̃ðűűo, dust storm [< ðűűm̃o, dust; ðűűo, storm].
• cpd ðuum̃ne̋vo, dustcloud [< ðűűm̃o, dust; ne̋vo, cloud].
• 037 he̋l|e, [anim.] lightning [> Georgian el-, glimmer (of lightning)]. -a, i.v. lightning. -pa̋a̋ugo, lightning flash.
• cpd ȝersűűm̃e, monsoon [< ȝe̋e̋ra, season; sűűm̃a, t.v. rain].
• cpd lila̋þo, foul weather [< lı̋o, mud; la̋þo, weather].
• afx ƣosı̋ɠo, blizzard [< ƣo, emphatic prefix; sı̋ɠo, snow storm].
• 038 sı̋ɠo, snow storm [> Mongolian siɣurɣa(n), snow storm].
• 039 sűr|e, [anim.] whirlwind, cyclone, twister; aus̈űre, typhoon [< a̋usa, east]; m̃es̈űre, hurricane [< m̃e̋sa, west] [> Tamil cūr_ai, whirlwind]. -i, adj. cyclonic.
• 040 tőn|o, thunder [> Latin tonāre, thunder]. -a, i.v. thunder. -ðűűo, thunderstorm. -he̋le, thunderbolt. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. thunder. -ƣőrmo, thunder-clap.

Clouds – ne̋vos

• cpd ðuune̋vo, storm cloud, thundercloud, nimbostratus cloud [< ðűűo, storm; ne̋vo, cloud].
• cpd gumne̋vo, cumulus cloud [< gűmo, i.v heap; ne̋vo, cloud].
• 041 mőko, cirrus cloud.
• 042 ne̋v|o, cloud [> English nebulous]. -a, i.v. cloud, become cloudy. -ðı̋ho, cloud bank. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. cloud over, becloud. -mi, adj. cloudy, clouded. -m̃e̋e̋o, clouddrift [< m̃e̋e̋o, drift]. -ri, adj. cloudy, overcast.
• cpd suum̃ne̋vo, raincloud [< sűűm̃e, rain; ne̋vo, cloud].
• 043 še̋rgo, cloudy sky [> Dutch zwerk, heavens].

Fair weather – vı̋ı̋lo

• 044 ga̋no, clear, fair sky [> Japanese áme sky].
• 045 őv|o, heat of the sun. -a, i.v. heat [by the sun]. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. heat [by the sun].
• 046 tulı̋mo, rainbow [> Inupik tulim(m)aq, rainbow].
• 047 vı̋ı̋l|o, fine-, good-, pleasant-, -weather [> English blithe]. -a, i.v. be fine, good, pleasant [weather]. -i, adj. fine, good, pleasant [weather].