Re: Idioms & Phrases

Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...> korte:
> The language has a tendency to shorten many common phrases into a
> single
> word, although everyone knows the expanded form to which it refers.
> Anyone
> know of another language (con or nat) that does this sort of thing?
Kontoko (< Middle Kontoko _Kre unte ugo_ < Old Kontoko _kje ynse ujo_)
does this extensively.  Well, actually did, almost all common phrases
were shortened but the original grammatical structure is still preserved.
 _Kre unte_ means "language" (literally "thought transfer") and _ugo_ is
a form ("collective possessive") of a word used to refer to Kontoko
speakers (later it was used to refer to any people, Kontoko speakers
being _nar ega_.

Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
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I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
"Ananwa," eque erye, "i ilúvë ná carmë Eruva. Ilyë nati nar tanwi
Erullo."