Contionary:julei

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Soc'ul'

Etymology

From Pre-Soc'ul' huləi, from Wascotl *sole-i. The meaning "rising tone" is a Calque of Knrawi huiuvaí.

Pronunciation

  • (Soc'ul') IPA(key): [xʷu˧lə˧j]

Noun

julei 5 (plural/indefinite ez'e julei)

  1. (linguistics) rising tone
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Verb

julei ᴀᴄᴄ

  1. to grind, to crush
    Coxxeý coxjulei hez'i laz ñua.
    You must crush the rice thoroughly.
  2. to wrinkle, to shrivel
    Julei heit ez'e humuz humuz jenad eý.
    He wrinkled after resting for a while in the lake.
  3. to lessen, to reduce
    Seccuj, cozjulei ez'e aí av r'ez socmezax.
    Please reduce your yelling or we will kick you out.

Usage notes

The sense to lessen, to reduce is generally used for physical countable nouns. For abstract or uncountable nouns see tumjíax

Adjective

julei

  1. ground, crushed
    Nuc' coxmeýu miula julei ā?
    May you buy some crushed herbs?

Synonyms

(ground, crushed) juleiad

(to lessen, to reduce) tumjíax