čoolaá language, speech; style

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form چولا
Phonetic Form tɕoolaá
Restrictions With singular reference only
    • language, speech; style
      • Example 563:
        teeṇíi čoolaá khóṇḍum ta, míi maadarí zabaán dháara.
        teeṇíi
        refl
        čoolaá
        speech
        khoṇḍ
        talk
        -um
        -1sg
        ta
        DS
        míi
        1sg.gen
        maadarí
        mother's
        zabaán
        language
        dhar
        remain
        -e
        -3sg
        If I speak my own language, my mother tongue will remain [alive].
        Source: A:BHB091
      • Example 564:
        be teeṇíi ghooṣṭá šíiṭi teeṇíi čoolaá khoṇḍáana.
        be
        1pl.nom
        teeṇíi
        refl
        ghoóṣṭ
        house
        -a
        -obl
        šíiṭi
        inside
        teeṇíi
        refl
        čoolaá
        language
        khoṇḍ
        talk
        -án
        -prs
        -a
        -MPL
        We speak our own language in our homes.
        Source: A:BHB089
      • Example 565:
        kóoka xaaruṇáii čoolaá tílum thaní ba teeṇíi čoolaá bi aamúuṣṭu.
        káak
        crow
        -a
        -obl
        xaaruṇái
        myna.bird
        -ii
        -gen
        čoolaá
        style
        til
        walk
        -um
        -1sg
        thaní
        QT
        ba
        top
        teeṇíi
        refl
        čoolaá
        style
        bi
        SEP
        aamúuṣṭ
        forget.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        When the crow tried to imitate the myna bird's way of walking, he forgot his own way. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:104
      • Example 566:
        tusíi čoolaá ṣuṇúukim thúum.
        tusíi
        2pl.gen
        čoolaá
        style
        ṣuṇúuki
        whistle
        -m
        -pl
        the
        do
        -um
        -1sg
        I will whistle in your own manner.
        Source: A:BEZ107

Related entries

  • See also:
    • čoolaá bhíi to adopt a style or a way of acting
    • paalulaá Palula; the language of the Palula, primarily spoken in the Ashret and Biori Valleys