Contionary:ñæñuchlike

Laceyiam

Etymology

Probably from a Nanaklāri theonym, that later came to denote the quality/ies that being represented. Today the verb is considered to be the root form, but most probably it was back-formed from the related noun ńäńuchliė.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /ˈɲæɲuc͡ɕʰɴ̆ake/
• (Kailamārśikha) IPA: /ɲæ̃˥.ɨ̃ʊ̯̃˨.c͡ɕʰɴ̆a.kə/

Verb

ńäńuchlake

1. sweet, pleasant, graceful, cute; beautiful, wonderful

   nānia ńältah bhīvayu heily ńäńuchlaryn hęlsarṇäss.

   His sister plays the oboe very gracefully.

2. breathtakingly beautiful, wonderful (particularly for people)

   — saṃhāram tom meityt nat sama : ńäńuchlāsmitin yaiva en tami.

   (...) the boy saw her and thought she was the most beautiful of all.

Derived terms

• ńäńuchliė "a graceful and breathtakingly beautiful person"
• ńäńuchliėdaltia "the quality/state of being graceful and breathtakingly beautiful"