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Re: vocabulary

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Thursday, April 14, 2005, 20:54
--- Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> --- # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> wrote: > <snip> > > But when I had to say what'd be the name related > to > > that root, I realise it > > would mean both "death" and "murder" > > > > Are there natlangs in which "murder" and "death" > are > > the same word? > > > > Prabably.. but if so, do these languages make > > difference between "kill" and > > "die" even if they don't between "murder" and > > "death"? > > What about "slaughter" as in killing an animal for > food, or "exterminate" as in killing a pestiferous > insect, or "execute" as in institutional killing of > a > criminal? >
Or "sacrifice" as in killing as part of a religious ritual, or "suicide" as in killing one's self, or "Martyrdom" as in allowing one's self to be killed in service of a higher good.
> --gary >

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Gregory Gadow <techbear@...>
# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>