Contionary:marta

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Chlouvānem

Alternative forms

  • murta (rare in modern common speech, very frequent in placenames)

Etymology

From Lällshag marota (walls). Doublet of murta.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [mäɐ̯tä]
(Līlasuṃghāṇi) IPA: [mɐˤtɐ]

Noun

marta (1h declension)

  1. city (at least mid-sized urban area)
    Līlasuṃghāṇa mæn liloejāṃrye sasprāsire marta vi. — Līlasuṃghāṇa is the largest city on Calémere.
    lili mæn mūriye lilah : lilyā maiha mæn marte. — I live in the country, while my daughter lives in the city.
  2. (Inquisition, legal): a municipality which has been granted the status of "city", typically after reaching 40.00012 inhabitants.
    nenǣ lalke nęlte marta hælmāmyemibe mānai no emibumaye poga no jali. — In this circuit there are four cities, twenty-five parishes, and fifteen villages.
  3. (legal): a municipality, outside of the Inquisition, which has been granted legal status of "city", when compared to less important towns (cf. in many countries of Greater Skyrdagor tol (city) vs. valas (town (translated as "parish" (mānai) in Chl.))
    maichleyuñci esubat ga ṣramāṇe māmichīka marta jali. — In Southern Eszubat Province[1] there are nineteen cities.

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Related terms

  • mānai (parish; in the Inquisition, municipality)
  • poga (village)

Notes

  1. ^ The southernmost province of the island of Eszubat and of the whole country of Skyrdagor.