On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 4:35 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
I've thought of {tInchoH}, but I feel there's something missing, with regards to its ability to describe "to swell".
For instance, if I want to say "a bug stung me and my hand swell", and I write {muchop ghew 'ej tInchoH ghopwIj}, I get the impression that there is "something missing".
On the other hand, if I want to say "I saw lurSa' and tInchoH ngaghmeH nebwIj", then indeed the {tInchoH} is good. The {neb} being used metaphorically of course.
So, I feel that the {tInchoH} lacks something, when we need to describe "to swell", as a result of a pathological process..
Perhaps I'm wrong though.. I don't know..
You're right that "become big" doesn't necessarily have the same medical or physical connotations as "swell", but it would still get the meaning across in the right context, like a bug bite. Until we get a more specific word with more specific medical connotations, you'll have to make do with alternate phrasings. If you don't think *tInchoH* quite works, you could try being specific about why your hand is getting bigger: - *ghopwIj tInchoHmoH 'Iw* "blood makes my hand get big" (replacing *'Iw* with *bIQ* "water" or *betgham* "liquid" or whatever is causing the swelling, when necessary.) - *ghopwIj SachmoH 'Iw* "blood makes my hand expand" - *'Iw 'Iq ngaS ghojwIj* "my hand contains too much blood" Or you could try including other symptoms: - *tInchoH ghopwIj 'ej Doqqu'choH* "my hand gets big and red" - *tInchoH ghopwIj 'ej 'oy'choH* "my hand gets big and sore" As for "sweat", maybe something like: *(jItujmo') (jItujHa'choHmeH) bIQ lIng DIrwIj* "(because I'm hot), my skin produces water (so I can cool off)", including or leaving out the stuff in parentheses if you want to be more or less wordy. Other verbs might work instead of *lIng*. For instance, since sweat is something secreted from the body (and it contains a little bit of waste products like urea), maybe you could use the "excretion verbs" used with going to the bathroom: *ghIm* "exile" or *vuj *"expel, eject". *bIQ ghIm DIrwIj* "my skin is exiling water".