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Re: Bantoid conlang - morphology

From:James Worlton <jworlton@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 1:55
Adam Walker sandat:
> I have decided that roots are mostly 2 or 3 syllables > with syllables being V, CV, CwV or CyV. > > There are several noun classes: > > 1 divine sfa- > 2 human ndi- > 3 ideational chwe- > 4 animate ma- > 5 living si- > 6 liquid ru- > 7 solid wa- > > Take an example root like -kava with a basic maening > something like "to flow". Adding the various class > suffixes produces the following: > > sfakava - blessing > ndikava - genealogy/lineage > chwekava - consiousness > makava - breed/bloodline > sikava - ?? > rukava - river > wakava - vein of ore
sikava - living flow - 'blood', or maybe 'spirit/soul' Just my 2 cents :) -- ============= James Worlton "We know by means of our intelligence that what the intelligence does not comprehend is more real than what it does comprehend." --Simone Weil

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