Even

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Search: hunger. 3 total hits in 2 transcripts.
Cannibal story (2)
Tar, eńmu goːŋden tarakam tar egdʒen ajdʒịt-ta-kana biče urečin, egdʒen dʒebem.
tar eńen -W goːn -Gr(E) -n(I) tarakam tar egdʒen ajdʒịt =dE =kEnE bi -čE urečin egdʒen dʒebem
dist mother -poss.1sg say -hab -3sg then dist big truth =ptl =contr be -pf.ptc evid big hunger
dist мать -poss.1sg сказать -hab -3sg тогда dist большой правда =ptl =contr быть -pf.ptc evid большой hunger
There, my mother used to say that there was really a terrible hunger at that time, terrible.
Моя мать говорила, что был страшный голод в те времена.
Biblical stories (1)
Tar [...] tar bimi dʒebemen ọːdọkọn tar daːlịla bisin, moː-de, ịak-ta, beketkeːmen dalča, omen-de aːtča ọːdaːn, toːr ọːkan.
tar tar bi -mI dʒebem -E-n(I) ọː -REk -E-n(I) tar daːlị -(dU)LE bi -RI -n(I) moː =dE ịa -k =dE bekeč -KEːn -W -E-n(I) dal -čE omen =dE aːtča ọː -DEː -n(I) toːr ọː -kEn
dist dist be -cond.cvb hunger -ep-poss.3sg become -cond.cvb -ep-poss.3sg dist proximity -loc be -pst -poss.3sg water =ptl what -nom =ptl all -dim -acc -ep-poss.3sg lick -pf.ptc one =ptl neg.ex do -purp.cvb -poss.3sg earth become -trm.cvb
dist dist быть -cond.cvb hunger -ep-poss.3sg become -cond.cvb -ep-poss.3sg dist proximity -loc быть -pst -poss.3sg вода =ptl что -nom =ptl весь -dim -acc -ep-poss.3sg lick -pf.ptc один =ptl neg.ex делать -purp.cvb -poss.3sg earth become -trm.cvb
So [...] he got hungry and licked up everything that was around, also water and everything, so as to leave nothing, till everything was just (dry) earth.
И слизал все то, что было на земле и дрова, и воду.