samāna
one’s blood.
The inanimate collective anmāni would refer to a quantity of blood without reference to any human origin.
ñi sāen samāna;
She is bleeding.
tamma samāna;
She gave blood.
sawāla
sawāla
one’s senses.
There are four senses. They are: sakerōñ sight, vision; sakexīr hearing; sakehūñ smell and taste; and sakekīwwe touch. These words are used when referring to the actual sense. Otherwise one experiences with one’s eyes, ears, nose or mouth, and skin or hands:
tele jāo mo lerōña;
I saw that.
tele jāo mo lesāra;
I heard that.
la sakexīr jakāpa;
Her hearing is bad.
sasōna
sasōna
one’s brain; what one thinks with, one’s mind.
The Kēleni do, however, think that thinking happens in the brain. sasōna does not cover all of our meanings of mind. It does not contrast with body, it is a part of the body. It is these days seen as where senārre manifests itself, at least partially.
samālle and samāca
samālle
one’s heart.
samāca
one’s liver.
In English, the heart is where one feels emotions, particularly love. The liver, not so much. Other cultures do it differently. I have no idea how the Kēleni divide these things up. I would love to know how exactly other cultures and con-cultures view the heart, liver, whatever in terms of emotions and judgment and thoughts.
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sakerēl
sakerēl
one’s lungs.
Lungs sort of come as a pair. A single lung is sakerēl jaþēlle. jaþēlle refers to a part of something, but only in a limited sense. For instance, samālle jaþēlle would refer to a chamber of one’s heart, sasāra jaþēlle to one’s earlobe, and anmārwi jaþēlle to a hemisphere of the planet.
samōla
samōla
one’s womb or uterus.
A woman who has given birth, and is now considered ‘mature’, can be called mamōlanen.
samūña
samūña
one’s bones.
Like sakīwa, the corresponding stative anmūña means ‘made of bone’. An unidentified bone can be referred to using the inanimate singular jamūña. A skeleton, then, is anmūñi.
sahēññe
sahēññe
one’s hair.
This word by itself generally refers to hair on one’s head, though it can refer to body hair sahēññe janārme, facial hair sahēññe jatāwre, or even pubic hair sahēññe janōsa.
sakāena
sakāena
one’s flesh, muscles.
In contrast to antāka, ankāena would mean ‘fleshy, having lots of flesh’ rather than ‘having muscles’.