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".