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Re: vocabulary

From:Jean-François Colson <fa597525@...>
Date:Friday, April 15, 2005, 6:41
On Friday, April 15, 2005 5:18 AM, # 1 wrote:

> Gary Shannon wrote: > >>--- 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. > > Concerning "suicide", I don't see any reason for not using a middle voice > with the verb "to kill" there are probably not independant roots for > "suicide" in all the languages considering that much contries don't have a > high number a suicides.. > > For "slaughter", "exterminate", "execute", "sacrifice", and "martyrdom" I > tought I'd make independant roots > > Are there really so much ways of killing? killing someone else, killing > animals, killing injurious animals/insects/plants, killing as act of law, > killing for religion, killing oneself, killing oneself for a "higher > good"... > > (Out Topic question: why are there some much way to die and so less to > born > and live?) > > > I'll keep to basic vocabulary with "kill" and "die", and if I need to, > I'll > create that "death's lexicon" > > - Max >
What about the verb "to slay"? Where does it come from? Is it related to "slaughter"? Or to the Dutch "slagen"?

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