Opening page of "Brave Against the Enemy" (1944)

[Rory M Larson]

> E.g. 'kunsyakel' : I'm not sure exactly why the father would be 
'pretending/simulating' anything, at this point?! 
Unless 'kunsyakel' here has a weakened sense, meaning not much more than : 
"apparently/seemingly/to outward appearances"? 
But of course for that idea we have s'elecheca/s'ele/s'e/sekse.


I'm guessing the "seemingly" sense is approximately correct here, which 
would mean that kunsyakel doesn't necessarily imply that the pretense is 
false.  Perhaps kunsyakel suggests an active/volitional role in the 
appearance that is lacking in the s'elecheca/s'ele/s'e/sekse set, which 
might be too weak and passive for the author's intentions.  While the 
latter set might give: "The father seemed totally bewildered...", using 
kunsyakel the result might be: "The father was actively emitting signals 
of total bewilderment...", surely a much more powerful and humorous way of 
expressing the situation.

Sounds like you have found a wonderful resource.  Thanks for sharing!

Rory
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