Senjecas 1.4 Living things

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p b f v m t d þ ð ɫ l ż s z r n k g x ƣ h ȝ š i e a ǫ o u ĭ ĕ ŭ
/p/ /b/ /ɸ/ /β/ /m̥/ /m/ /t/ /d/ /θ/ /ð/ /l̥/ /l/ /ʦ/ /ʣ/ /s/ /z/ /ɾ̥/ /n/ /k/ /g/ /ç/ /ʝ/ /j̊/ /j/ /sʷ/ /sʲ/ /i/ /e/ /ä/ /ɒ/ /o/ /u/ /ɪ/ /ɛ/ /ʊ/


1.4 Living things

  • a. What words refer to all living things, including both plants and animals?
    • living things - ǧı̋ı̋antos
    • life - ǧı̋ı̋ra
    • plants and animals - műűlisk̬e þa̋sesk̬e
    • organic matter - ǧiitőðm̃o m̃e̋xro
  • b. What words refer to something that is alive?
    • living thing, organism - ǧı̋ı̋anto
    • life form - ǧiizı̋no [< zı̋no, form]
  • c. What words refer to being alive?
    • alive, live - ǧı̋ı̋i
  • d. What words describe something that is living?
    • living, alive, animate - ǧı̋ı̋i
    • organic - ǧiitőðm̃i
  • e. What general words refer to the parts of all living things?
    • tissue, membrane - a̋mo
    • cell - ǧiiþe̋e̋xo [< ǧı̋ı̋i live; þe̋e̋xo, base]
    • gene - xeiþűno [< xe̋ȝa, inherit; þűno, unit]
  • f. What words refer to the study of life?
    • biology, life science - ǧiisa̋a̋r̈a
    • biologist - ǧíísaar̈a̋a̋gu
    • ecology - þafsa̋a̋r̈a
    • ecologist - þáfsaar̈a̋a̋gu
    • natural history - orv̌eető' sı̋ƣra [< orv̌e̋e̋to, nature; sı̋ƣra, study]
    • naturalist - orv̌eető' sı̋ƣlu
  • g. What words refer to whether a plant or animal can be eaten?
    • edible - ed̨i
    • inedible - ale̋d̨i

1.4.1 Dead things

  • a. What words refer to dead things?
    • decay - pűűa
    • remains - te̋m̃os
    • compost - puuta̋lo
    • carrion - k̬e̋e̋no
  • b. What words describe something that is dead?
    • dead - ne̋ṡi
    • lifeless - vĭǧı̋ı̋i
  • c. What words describe something that is not living and never has been?
    • inanimate - va̋sri
    • inorganic - álǧiitőðm̃i
  • d. What words refer to a species dying out completely?
    • extinct - ǧe̋si
    • endangered species - na̋a̋utaþa še̋e̋ðra
  • e. What words refer to plants and animals that do not exist today?
    • fossil - taainpe̋zo [< ta̋a̋ino, stone; pe̋zo, bone]

1.4.2 Spirits of things

  • a. What words refer to the spirits of things?
    • spirit - űűnu
    • animal spirits - űűne
    • plant spirits - űűni
  • b. What words refer to talking to the spirits?
    • commune - va̋a̋a
  • c. What words refer to worshiping spirits?
    • animism - uuntőzra [< tőza, worship]
  • d. What words refer to things used to worship spirits?
    • amulet, talisman - lűmo
    • fetish - uunm̃a̋ko [< m̃a̋ka, empower]