Senjecas 1.4 Living things
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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]
