The Tree, planted from Sapling last summer, is already showing signs of life. My grandmother had (inexplicably) pruned the top of the sapling last summer. It is doing well however, and is budding well. Its pot is probably not big enough for it at this point, but I don’t have a suitable place for it on my property. I looked in to donating to my High School’s native plant garden last year, so maybe I could put it there this year. Or perhaps I could find a suitable spot on the walkway to my school, and place a few bricks around where I plant the tree so it doesn’t get mowed over. Paw Paw Trees are supposed to have particularly brittle taproots, so moving it would be challenging.
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Reblog: Norm Ornstein
Incredible perspective from this article about how shifting the whip pressure to the minority on a cloture votes could let minor legislation pass.
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.
|
Español |
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 |


