Senjecas 1.3.1 Water

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1.3 Water

• a. What general words refer to water?
  • water, flowing - a̋a̋me
  • water, still - hűro
  • moisture - la̋to
• b. What words describe something that belongs to the water or is found in water?
  • watery, aquatic - hűrni
  • amphibious - vooǧı̋ı̋ȝi
• c. What words describe something that water cannot pass through?
  • waterproof - hurs̨őőmi
  • watertight - hurše̋nti

1.3.1 Bodies of water

• a. What general words refer to a body of water?
  • body of water - hura̋a̋ra
  • hydrosphere - v̌eetős hűros [< v̌e̋e̋to, world]
• b. What words describe something belonging to the water?
  • marine - ma̋rm̃i
  • oceanic - tı̋ı̋rtĕm̃i
  • riverine - da̋a̋m̃i

1.3.1.1 Ocean, Lake

• a. What words refer to bodies of standing water of different sizes?
  • ocean - tı̋ı̋rte
  • sea - ma̋re
  • lake - ehe̋ro
  • pond - la̋xm̃o
  • pool, puddle - te̋þo
  • wallow - lite̋þo [< lı̋o, mud]
• b. What words refer to a man-made lake?
  • reservoir - ða̋po
  • catchment - lava̋a̋ro [< la̋va, catch; a̋a̋ro, area]
• c. What are the parts of bodies of water?
  • surface - pı̋nto
  • bottom - tűűfo
  • abyssal depths - k̬ara̋mo ṡa̋los
  • abyssal plain - k̬ara̋mo le̋po
  • thermal layer - tı̋ı̋þo le̋ƣo
  • seamount - marǧa̋ro
  • continental shelf - v̌ééþnemða̋no [< v̌e̋e̋to, world; nemo, part; ða̋no, shelf]
  • shallows - ṡ̬őkos
  • the depths - ṡa̋los
  • the deep - ṡa̋lo
  • open sea - a̋a̋re ma̋re
• d. What words refer to the study of the ocean?
  • oceanography - tiirtĕsa̋a̋r̈a

1.3.1.2 Swamp

• a. What words refer to shallow bodies of standing water with plants growing in them?
  • swamp, swampland, quagmire - la̋a̋mo
  • wetland - maan̈a̋a̋lo [< ma̋a̋ni, wet; na̋a̋lo, land]
  • marsh, marshland, fen, bog, morass, bayou - kűþo
  • delta - dááoousı̋ȝo [< da̋a̋e, river; őőuso, mouth; -ı̋ȝo, collective suffix]
  • estuary - őőuso
• b. What words describe an area that is a swamp?
  • swampy - la̋a̋mi
  • marshy, boggy - kűþi
• c. What words refer to moving through a swamp?
  • get bogged down - kűþaþi ı̋la
  • sink - ðűűpa

1.3.1.3 River

• a. What words refer to rivers of different sizes?
  • river - da̋a̋e
  • stream - vőge
  • creek, brook - hı̋be
  • rill, rivulet - lega̋ne
• b. What words refer to a river when it has a lot of water?
  • flood, freshet, surge, deluge - lı̋ı̋mo
  • torrent - ṡarsa̋a̋ko
  • flash flood - ka̋to lı̋ı̋mo
• c. What words refer to a river overflowing its banks?
  • overflow its banks - a̋fron þ̨a̋la
• d. What words refer to two rivers coming together?
  • branch, fork - ṡa̋xo
  • confluence - daaƣe̋ðo [< da̋a̋e, river; ƣe̋ða, connect]
  • tributary - paaþga̋ve [< pa̋a̋ta, feed; ga̋ve, watercourse]
• e. What words refer to a part of a river that is steep?
  • waterfall, falls, cascade - ȝűko
  • cataract - ȝűxżo
  • rapids - kősko
  • spillway - demȝűko [< de̋ma, construct]
  • race - móldemga̋ve [< molde̋mo mill; ga̋ve, watercourse]
• f. What are the parts of a river?
  • source, head - tődo
  • headwaters - toðhűro
  • mouth - őőuso
  • upstream - da̋a̋em þóósa
  • downstream - da̋a̋em súna
  • bend - m̃a̋ðko
  • whirlpool,eddy - ṡuṡűmo
  • river bottom, riverbed - őrko
  • narrows - martı̋ȝo
  • oxbow lake - m̃éipehe̋ro [< m̃e̋ipa, meander; ehe̋ro, lake]
• g. What words refer to a river when it has no water?
  • watercourse - ga̋vo
  • dry riverbed - sa̋uso őrko
  • wash, arroyo, wadi, gully - ere̋ko
• h. What words refer to a man-made river?
  • canal - tűlo
• h. What words refer to a place to cross a river?
  • bridge - þőlo
  • ford - m̃a̋a̋ðo
• i. What words refer to something floating down a river or caught in it?
  • flotsam - kafs̨űto [< ka̋pa, float; s̨űto, debris]
  • logjam - raaþsa̋bo [< ra̋a̋to, log; sa̋bo, obstruction]
• j. What words refer to dirt, sand, and rocks washed down by a river?
  • sandbar - ṡa̋a̋ȝo
  • alluvium, silt - tı̋ı̋o
• k. What words refer to the area of land drained by a river?
  • watershed, basin - ða̋ilo
• l. What words refer to the movement of a river?
  • current - ṡűrko
  • flow - da̋a̋o

1.3.1.4 Spring, well

• a. What words refer to a place where water comes out of the ground?
  • spring, source, fountain, fountainhead - itűro
  • water supply - hurős gőőlo
  • well - nűȝo
  • artesian well - uvnűȝo [< űba, push down]
  • waterhole – hurdűmbo
• b. What words refer to water coming out of the ground?
  • spring up - ı̋ta
  • well up - mőőþa
  • bubble up - bőőula
  • flow out of - úúda da̋a̋a

1.3.1.5 Island, shore

• a. What words refer to the land in contrast to the sea?
  • land - na̋a̋lo
  • terrestrial - na̋a̋li
  • dry land - sa̋uso na̋a̋lo
  • mainland - ṡűrna̋a̋lo [< ṡűri, fixed]
  • continent - v̌eeþne̋mo [< v̌e̋e̋þo, world; ne̋mo, part]
  • inland, interior - ȝuna̋a̋lo
• b. What words refer to an island?
  • island - dı̋mo
  • isle, islet, key - dı̋mko
  • archipelago - dimı̋ȝo [< -ı̋ȝo, collective suffix]
  • atoll – áándimbűko [< a̋a̋no, ring; dı̋mo, island; bűko, chain]
• c. What words are used of the edge of a lake or sea?
  • (sea)shore, beach, coast, strand - k̨űdo
  • coastland, seaboard - k̨uðna̋a̋lo
  • shoreline, coastline - k̨uðtűbo [< tűbo, edge]
  • foreshore - untëk̨űdo [< űnto, tide]
• d. What words refer to a bay?
  • bay, gulf - xe̋bo
  • cove - xevko
  • fjord -tiixe̋bo, fjord [< tı̋ȝi, narrow; xe̋bo, bay].
  • harbor, port - xa̋po
  • inlet - tı̋ro [< tı̋ra, enter]
  • lagoon - k̨údehe̋ro [< k̨űdo, shore; ehe̋ro, lake]
  • sound, strait - martı̋ȝo [< ma̋re, sea; tı̋ȝi, narrow]
• e. What words refer to a peninsula?
  • peninsula - sı̋ro
  • promontory, headland - sairna̋a̋lo [< sa̋iro, projection]
• f. What words are used of the edge of a river?
  • bank, riverbank - a̋fro
• g. What words describe something near water?
  • seaside - martűbo [< tűbo, edge]
  • lakeside - éhertűbo [< tűbo, edge]
• h. What words refer to a place where the water is shallow?
  • shallows, shoal - tena̋go