Occasional Word in Merechi: rúk

rúk   ['4uk] v. char, to become charred.

Today's word is part of the groundwork for the series on cooking words. mërèchi has a number of different words for burning and the subprocesses in burning: hàca, rúk and pèl. Of these, rúk gives rise to one of mërèchi's two cooking words, which we will cover next time.

Examples:

latèmia rúkn'n, ní àces pèln'n: Wood chars, but embers burn to ash.

rükípia'c àcë tàhlvav'da, hródi ki'tércsap'a: Give me some char, that I may write.