Re: Tatari Faran: volition, verb complements, phonology update, and more

On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 05:14:01AM +0200, Rodlox wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
[...]
> > huena ... hiim [hMna ... hi:m]
> > To sniff at something (volitive)
> >
> > fahun ... uen [fahun ... Mn]
> > To smell something (involitive)
>
>  so..."sniff" and "smell" are both with the nasal passages, yes?
>
>  what about things smelled with the mouth?  (I, for one, can smell *some*
> things better with the roof of my mouth, and *most* things better with my
> nose).
Hmm. I gather it would be "taste" rather than "smell" in that case. I
know that some smells are sensed by the mouth rather than the nose,
but the smell/taste distinction is good enough for the inhabitants of
Fara. Or maybe "smell" is good enough for both purposes; they don't
have a pressing need to distinguish between them anyway.


[...]
> > [Sidenote: I don't know whether to translate _simani_ as 'dog' or
> > 'wolf', as the inhabitants of Fara keep them as pets. They are
> > ferocious enough to be called wolves in the common sense, but they are
> > also domesticated somewhat.]
>
>  oh...like dingos.  :)
Perhaps. :-) But these wolves are quite a bit larger than dingos, and
a lot more ferocious (hence their use as guards).


T

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