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Location and Direction

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Location and Direction

Aruvic location words often behave like navigation markers. Many are built from short roots meaning at, from, with, this, that, or place.

Here and There

Meaning

Aruvic

Literal Sense

here

na-si

at this

there

na-ta

at that

now

na-ti

at time

Question Locations

Meaning

Aruvic

Literal Sense

where

loka

location-question

why

ra-ka

from what

how

ve-ka

with what

Routes

Aruvic frequently describes life through routes.

Examples:

  • rani = route / road / path

  • ran-ti = safe coastal route

  • ran-vask = dangerous open-ocean route

  • ran-selo = clear route / a life going well

Route Example

English:

“The sailor knows the safe route.”

Aruvic:

Rova-man raniri ran-ti.

Breakdown:

  • rova-man = sailor

  • raniri = knows

  • ran-ti = safe route

IGT Block

Rova-man
rova-man
raniri
raniri
ran-ti.
ran-ti

Word count mismatch between sentence and gloss line

‘“The sailor knows the safe route.”’