jatÄrien
This is the direction “north-west” and is derived from the stem –tÄr– “falling” though it probably refers to another word derived from –tÄr-, namely jatÄrharrien (Sep 13, 2010) “waterfall” as the legendary City of Waterfalls (Ä€ttarein) was in the north-west.
antÄwa
This is the opposite of yesterday’s word, meaning “low” in elevation (or more specifically, “below”) and “down” or “beneath” in direction. It is related to the locative particle tÄ
antūma
As an attribute, this word means “heavy”. As an abstraction, it means “weight”.
jatū
Line 4 of the KÄ“len Jabberwocky:
to makÄ«maþÄlen masÄknenÅ«ren to macÅ«cÅ« matÅ« ñi ma rÅ« ma pÄ“xa cÄ«;
(See Nov 7th’s post for an introduction.)
This is the word for bird, or flying thing really, since I hate birds and refuse to allow any on my planet. (Bats, on the other hand, are cool.) It’s been turned into an animate noun here, to match macÅ«cÅ«, and the assonance is not a coincidence. 🙂
ñi ma rÅ« ma pÄ“xa cÄ« is “(one) be away from him/her/them”.
il Årralon ñi jarewēλecÄwÄÅ‹Å‹i Ä jawÄ“lrÅ«lri rÅ« jaxÄ“wepÅma Äñ;
se jarÄÅ‹Å‹en mo jatēññÄntetÅ«rÄÅ‹Å‹eni; ñi japiÄ“lkÄhi tÅ jarÅhÄþi lÄ;
sere jakewÄla to macÄppacÄe sapÄ«ra jasÅ«pa sakÄca jaþÄla nÄ;
to makÄ«maþÄlen masÄknenÅ«ren to macÅ«cÅ« matÅ« ñi ma rÅ« ma pÄ“xa cÄ«;
In the afternoon, the circular lizards did gyre and gimble around the shadow-stick.
The easily-annoyed thin-winged bird-spiders were annoyed.
The lost chicken-pigs make cough-cries!
Beware macÄppacÄe, its biting teeth, its many catching claws,
the frumious makÄ«maþÄlen, the macÅ«cÅ« bird
Be away from them.
jatēññÄntetÅ«rÄÅ‹Å‹en
Line 2 of the KÄ“len Jabberwocky:
se jarÄÅ‹Å‹en mo jatēññÄntetÅ«rÄÅ‹Å‹eni; ñi japiÄ“lkÄhi tÅ jarÅhÄþi lÄ;
(See Monday’s post for an introduction.)
anrÄÅ‹Å‹en means the quality of inducing a frown, the quality of being annoying. The singular form jarÄÅ‹Å‹en as the object of se therefore means “annoyed”. And who (or what) is annoyed? jatēññÄntetÅ«rÄÅ‹Å‹eni.
jatēññÄntetÅ«rÄÅ‹Å‹en = tēñ ‘thin’ + ñÄnte ‘wing’ + tÅ« ‘bird’ + rÄÅ‹Å‹en ‘annoyed’. (easily annoyed thin-winged birds) Or, maybe it is tēññ(ex) ‘conflicted’ + Änte ‘joy’ + tÅ« ‘bird’ + rÄÅ‹Å‹e ‘spider’? (conflicted yet basically joyful bird-spiders) Or, tÄ“n ‘all’ + ñÄnte ‘wing’ + tÅ«r ‘injury’ + ÄÅ‹Å‹en ‘pointy’? (all-winged pointy injury-causing things (living needles with wings, and they are annoyed! :twisted:))
Whichever you choose, it refers to “mimsy borogoves”.
(Then there’s double ññ and double Å‹Å‹ in the same word!)
il Årralon ñi jarewēλecÄwÄÅ‹Å‹i Ä jawÄ“lrÅ«lri rÅ« jaxÄ“wepÅma Äñ;
se jarÄÅ‹Å‹en mo jatēññÄntetÅ«rÄÅ‹Å‹eni; ñi japiÄ“lkÄhi tÅ jarÅhÄþi lÄ;
In the afternoon, the circular lizards did gyre and gimble around the shadow-stick.
The easily-annoyed thin-winged bird-spiders were annoyed. …
jatewēlre
This is the word for a spiral.
matÄnae
This is the word for “crowd”. It looks vaguely singular until one realized that the underlying form is –tÄnaj-. The (hypothetical) singular form of such a word would be matÄnaja. Adding an –i to make a collective (-i is collective with animates and plural with inanimates.) produces matÄnaji which simplifies to matÄnae.
Sentence #39:
Ä“ ñatta anxÅ«ri ankÅrji Ä“ ñatta sÄim matanÄe rÄjakiÄ“ Ä“ tetme jatÄ“mmÄ“ri luhañen ew ñi mawae rÄjanÅ«;
And they opened the gates and made a crowd beyond it and called to him still, but none came to this side.
jatanīsa
This is an adornment worn on the body for decoration, like jewelry or beads or some such thing. It is related to janÄ«sa “bead”.
Sentence #36:
il ñi sapÄla sÅ« xÅ il ñi mÄ“li rÅ« jamÄonre rÄ jatarÅn jawÄ“ha jahÄwa nÅ« nÄ«kan anīλi nÄ«kan antanÄ«si nÄ«kan anlÄni nÄ«kan anlÄsi;
While he was there weeping, people came from the city to near the edge of the mirage with cloths and decorations and greetings and welcomes.
antarūnīwe
Remember antarūn, which refers to something visible or seen? antarūnīwe refers to something that is no longer visible.
Sentence #31:
il wÄ Ã±i jatarÅ«n jawÄ“ha ew rÅ« xÅ pÄ“xa ew jatarÅ«nÄ«we il ñi sÄen rÄ xÅ;
And yet the mirage did not move away or disappear when he went there.
jatarūn jawēha
This is really two words, but they form a phrase that is used over and over again in the story, so I will discuss them together. jatarÅ«n refers to something that is seen, is in sight, is visible, etc. jawÄ“ha is the inanimate singular of anwÄ“ha which is the attribute “false, deceptive”. Together, jatarÅ«n jawÄ“ha (or jatarÅ«na jawÄ“ha, same thing) refers to a mirage.
Sentence #26:
Ä“ ñi ancÄlli tÅ malÅ aþ ñamma jatÅna jaxÅsa jÅrre aþ ñi sÄen rÄ jatarÅ«ni jawÄ“hi nÅ;
And the sun’s heat came, and he stopped searching for the road and started following mirages.