Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Hamer-English Dictionary

 

This was taken from one of my weird side projects. There seems to be no English-Hamer dictionary in all of the internet, so I made one. This is translated from a Spanish-Hamer dictionary. Also useful is this phonetic dictionary

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HAMER - BANNA

El hamer - banna, llamado también hamar-koke, hammercoche, amarcoche, cocche, beshada, hamar, amar, bana o kara kerre, es utilizado por unas 27.000 personas en Etiopía, en el sur de la región Omo, cerca del río Omo, y en el norte del lago Turkana, en la zona fronteriza con Kenia y Sudán. Los Hamer y los Banna son dos etnias diferentes que comparten el mismo idioma.

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Hamer - Banna

 agua (water)

    nok-o, nuko, niik-o,

 ahora (now)

    taki

 ayer (yesterday)

    na, ni,

 barriga (belly)

    i , ii

 bazo / tipo enfermedad / peritonitis (stomach illness)

    morr

 blanco (white)

    chaawli

 boca (mouth)

    aapo

 buscar (look for)

    zag -

 cabeza (head)

    mete , meete

 carne (meat)

    waa

 casa (house)

    baka, bak-ulu

 cenizas (ashes)

    bidini

 cola (tail)

    doobanna

 comida (food)

    gala

 comprar (to buy)

    sha'n -

 cortar (cut)

    texa

 cuello (neck)

    luk'uma

 cuerno (horn)

    k'ushuba

 dado (dice)

    di

 dar (give)

    im

 decir (say)

    gachi

 diez (ten)

    teppi, tabi, tipi,

 dos (two)

    lamma

 elefante (elephant)

    don/ger

 espíritu del muerto o antepasados (sprit of the dead or ancestors)

    meshi

 frio (aire)

    k'azh-i, k'aj-i, k'aj -

 fuego (fire)

    nu, nuu

 garra (claw)

    gusho , gushum

 grande (big)

    gebi

 hígado (liver)

    torob/o

 hogar (home)

    zel -

 hoja (leaf)

    k'al , kalpo

 hueso (bone)

    leefa

 huevo (egg)

    mula , muuka

 invitado (invited)

    shosh-i -

 ir (to go)

    y -

 jefe / dios (boss/god)

    baira, bair-o

 lanza (spear)

    ban /, bank'i

 león (lion)

    zo'bo'

 llover (to rain)

    k'an , doomo

 lluvia (rain)

    doob -, doble -, dob -

 luna (moon)

    arp-e, arf-i, arp-i

 madera (wood)

    haaqa

 madre (mother)

    ind-o

 mandril (monkey/chuck?????)

    gai-ta(masculino), gain(femenino)

 mano (hand)

    ani, an

 miel (honey)

    kur-i

 muchachos (boys)

    nana

 muerte (die)

    dees

 nariz (nose)

    nuki

 nombre (name)

    naabi, nabe

 oir (hear)

    sIIk -

 ojo (eye)

    afi, ap-i, aapi, haap-i

 oreja (ear)

    k'am-i

 pájaro (bird)

    apte, apopai

 pastor (shepard)

    gishima

 pecho femenino (female breast)

    ami

 pez (fish)

    kaara

 pie (foot)

    rro

 piojo (louse / lice)

    k'aasa

 puerta / verja (door/gate)

    kari

 qué? (what)

    are

 quemadura (burn)

    a

 quién? (who?)

    ayne

 rodilla (knee)

    b/uk'o

 saber (to know)

    des

 sangre (blood)

    zombi, zumpi

 seis (six)

    lah

 serpiente (snake)

    guuni, guni

 sol (sun)

    ay

 todos (everyone)

    wuul

 tumba (tomb)

    duji , olo

 vasija (vessel)

    da , daha

 vosotros (you)

    ya'ddi

Me

    inta

 

Friday, January 22, 2021

Senatorial Rules Ideas

 

Senatorial rules are the worst. They're decided by the majority, so it's always a weird game to try to give the best political situation to the majority. 

My crazy idea is to have rule changes only take effect after 4 years. That way the majority wouldn't senselessly give themselves more power because they might be the minority when the rules come to effect. Emergency rule changes could come into effect immediately with 2/3 of the Senate.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Biden's Cabinet, and how it compares with American demographics

 With Joe Biden's announcement of the most diverse cabinet in American history, I wondered how the demographic breakdown of his cabinet, compared with how much a demographic group should get in the cabinet.

Note this comparison will always be a bit off, because the least members a minority can get while still being represented is 1/16.


OK so here's the demographic data. From the census 


RacePopulation (2017 est.)Share of total population
Total321,004,407100%
One race310,923,36396.9%
  White234,370,20273.0%
  Black or African American40,610,81512.7%
  American Indian and Alaska Native2,632,1020.8%
  Asian17,186,3205.4%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander570,1160.2%
  Other races15,553,8084.8%
Two or more races10,081,0443.1%
  White and Black or African American2,657,5600.8%
  White and American Indian and Alaska Native1,905,9460.6%
  White and Asian2,057,3210.6%
  Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native319,0970.1%
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race)56,510,57117.6%
  Mexican35,709,52811.1%
  Puerto Rican5,418,5211.7%
  Cuban2,158,9620.7%
  Other Hispanic or Latino13,223,5604.1%
  Not Hispanic or Latino264,493,83682.4%
  White (non-Hispanic)197,277,78961.5%
  Black or African American (non-Hispanic)39,445,49512.3%
  American Indian and Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)2,098,7630.7%
  Asian (non-Hispanic)16,989,5405.3%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)515,5220.2%
  Some other race (non-Hispanic)715,4320.2%
  Two or more races7,451,2952.3%

Doing some back of the envelope calculation you should have:

    9.84 White Cabinet Member
    2.86 Hispanic Cabinet Members
    2.03 Black Cabinet Members
    0.86 Asian Cabinet Members
    0.16 American Indian Members
    0.32 "Two or more races"

Let's see how that stacks up against Biden's cabinet


Looking at it,  Biden did a pretty good job matching his cabinet to his country


Sunday, January 10, 2021

I just had to write 450 words about the plot of The Secret Life of Pets for School.

 You had to write about a story with a traditional rising and falling action plot structure 


Pets  was the only story I know simplistic enough to work,

 

Here's the ridiculously clinical plot structure of Pets;

 

Secret Life of Pets

 

Exposition: Duke enters Max's home, upending Max's relationship with his owner, and the two conflict in their relationship. Max plots to have Duke kicked out of the house, when his plan fails he and Duke are captured by animal control after being assaulted by a cats. Him and Duke are freed in a coincidental Flushed Pets operation to free a member, the pair agree with the groups leader Snowball to join the underground organization as compensation.

Rising Action: After being found to be domestication sympathizers, Duke and Max are attempted to be ritually sacrificed by the Flushed Pets; the dogs then accidentally kill a senior member, escape and flee to Brooklyn. Duke is picked up by animal control in front of his dead former owner's house. Max pursues the Animal Control truck, several high-ranked member of Flushed Pets are also taken by Animal Control in an attempt to capture Max. 

Climax: Snowball and Max realize they must work together to stop the truck and free their friends. They hijack a bus and crash it to stop the truck on the Brooklyn bridge. Humans flee the scene and the truck careens off the side of the bridge, only being stopped by unstable repair scaffolding. The main apparatus of Flushed Pets arrives accusing Max of attempting to kidnap and eat Snowball, who has been knocked unconscious by the crash. The mass of animals have surrounded Max, when Max's friends from the apartment building arrive; a brawl ensues and the area is eventually cleared of Flushed Pets. Max crawls down to where the Truck is, the members of Flushed have already freed themselves, but Duke is still trapped in the cages of the Animal Control Truck. Max tries to get the keys from the dashboard, but in the process turns on the windshield wipers switch, sending the truck careening into the east river. All hope seems lost when the Keys are pulled out by the current, and Duke is trapped as air slowly leaves the sinking truck. But Snowball, seeing the keys float to the surface of the water, jumps from the Brooklyn bridge to deliver the keys to Max in the sinking Truck. 

Falling Action: Duke is freed and him and Max swim to the surface. The animals rejoice as all is forgotten between the Flushed Pets and Duke and Max. 

Resolution: Duke and Max find a new close relationship forged out of their experiences. Max also begins romantic relationship with a neighbor, and Snowball is picked up on the street by a young girl, and leaves Flushed Pets.



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