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Palula dictionary: Example 800
Word senses:
ḍhoór
hopper; grain container
ta ... ba
Adversative conjoining construction, emphasising the contrast between two entities or propositions; commonly occurring in proverbs (variously corresponding to 'but, whereas, while (on the other hand), and')
thaní
Marker of quotation or reported (direct) discourse
xaalí
empty; pure; only, just
yáandr
mill
yáandrii ta ma yháandu ḍhoór xaalí thaní ba tu manáanu.
yandr
mill
-ii
-
gen
ta
DS
ma
1sg
.
nom
yhéi
come
-ánd
-
prs
-u
-MSG
ḍhoór
grain.container
xaalí
empty
thaní
QT
ba
top
tu
2sg
.
nom
mané
say
-án
-
prs
-u
-MSG
I'm coming from the mill, but you tell me that the grain container is empty. [Proverb]
Source:
A:NH12:1:183
Dictionary
Palula dictionary
by
Henrik Liljegren
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