[os]
1. masculine noun Bone.
Etymology: From Latin ossum.
Body Parts & Functions
charna
[ˈt͡ʃaɾna]
1. feminine noun Flesh.
2. feminine noun Meat.
Etymology: From Latin caro, carnis.
pella
[ˈpeʎa]
1. feminine noun Skin.
2. feminine noun Fur.
Etymology: From Latin pellis.
sonn
dormăre
[ˈdoɾməɾe]
1. intransitive verb To sleep. If you sleep with somebody, you use the preposition cõ.
2. intransitive verb To spend the night, to stay the night (in a house, a hotel, etc.).
3. transitive verb To get a baby off to sleep, to put a patient to sleep with anaesthesia.
Etymology: From Latin dormire.
~ a seixta
[ˈdoɾməɾe a ˈseʃta]
1. transitive verb To have a nap.
Etymology: From dormăre a seixta.
deixpertre
[deʃˈpeɾtɾe]
1. transitive verb To wake somebody up.
2. transitive verb To arouse a feeling, to raise hope, to revive a memory.
Etymology: From Latin de expertare.
dent
[dent]
1. masculine noun Tooth.
Etymology: From Latin dens.
mella
[ˈmeʎa]
1. feminine noun Apple.
Etymology: From Greek melon via Latin malum.
2. feminine noun Marrow, medulla.
Etymology: From Latin medulla.
~ òsica
[ˈmeʎa ˈosika]
1. feminine noun Bone marrow.
Etymology: From mella òsica.
~ spàinala
[ˈmeʎa ˈʃpai̯nala]
1. feminine noun Spinal cord.
Etymology: From mella spàinala.
a
[a]
1. feminine noun The letter a.
2. definite article determiner, feminine singular The.
3. personal pronoun, feminine singular Her, it (for accusative or direct object).
Spelling (2-3): Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into al’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For feminine plural: as; for masculine forms, see ou (1).
Etymology (2-3): From Latin illa, via Spanish la and Portuguese and Galician a.
4. preposition To (direction). Example: Nos vadèms a Franza, we are going to France.
5. preposition On, by (way of doing something). Example: Vadeirems a pez, we went on foot.
6. preposition To (marker of the indirect object of a sentence). Example: J’heh tendat dou sac a ma mara, I have bought this bag to my mother.
7. preposition Without translation (marker of the direct object of a sentence when it comes before the subject, including relative clauses). Example: Marja ame Paul = A Paul ame Marja, Mary loves Paul.
8. preposition On, at (situation). Example: A mensa eh ad a dreta dou llet, the table is on the right side of the bed.
9. preposition To, until (when talking about distance or time, in opposition to de). Example: Jo
virc de nou a cinc, I work from nine to five.
10. preposition At (for times and specific moments). Example: Cat dïe jo llewe-mi ad as seit, I get up every day at seven.
Spelling (4-10): Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into ad.
Etymology (4-10): From Latin ad.
False friends: a (English) = ũ.