Kēlen Word of the Day

sasāwre

one’s snore or snoring.

This stem is more often found as the stative noun ansāwre which is used to describe someone who snores.

sakōrne

one’s yawn.

samāsa

one’s frown. Like sālne, samāsa can also be an expression or an indication of feeling, in this case the feeling of displeasure.

sele jamāsa to anmāe;
I really dislike tea.

sālne

one’s smile. This might be more familiar to some as jālne as in:

sele jālne to anmāe;
‘I really like tea.’ or ‘Tea makes me happy.’

The stem -āln- can refer to the smile as a facial expression, in which case it is generally possessed, or as an indication of a feeling, in which case it is not possessed. This is true of most words that can be seen as bodily expressions.

saxīla

one’s pulse.

I’m not sure how to classify pulse, and breath, and voice, but they are nearly always obligatorily possessed.

“Well. I’ve knocked everything off the table and she still hasn’t gotten up to feed me. Maybe I should pounce next.”

sarēla

one’s breath.

sawūrre

one’s voice.

sacīxen

one’s sneeze.

Coughing and sneezing, among other things, share qualities with speech. Speech is generally denoted with se. For example:

talla jāo ien sele jālne to jāo;
I said that I like that.

When speech is absolutely quoted, the word jasōra, or even sasōra (though speech isn’t usually considered a body part) is used.

tamma sasōra ien sele jālne to jāo;
She said, “I like that.” (She emitted her words which equal “I like that.”)

So what does this have to do with sneezing?

One way to say that someone sneezed is to use ñi

ñi sacīxen;
She sneezed. (Her sneeze came into existence.)

Another way is to use se:

tamma sacīxen;
She sneezed. (She emitted her sneeze.)

The difference is that with se, the sneeze uses the exact same syntax as speech. And so,

tamma jacīxen;
She sneezed. (She emitted a sneeze.)

is perfectly okay as a sentence.

sakāha

one’s cough.