Re: vocabulary

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

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