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Re: Words for relationships that don't have good analogues in English

From:Sai Emrys <sai@...>
Date:Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:03
On 10/17/07, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> kambra (close friend, no sex) > kambraci (+dim.) closer, perhaps occasional sexual relations
Could you give examples of what 'close' vs 'closer' might mean, if sex is not a necessary factor?
> karande (+le < leñ 'good') definitely implies a sexual relationship, though > not a committed one,
Ambiguous - is that it definitely implies that it's non-committed, or it doesn't *necessarily* imply that it's committed?
> anjetre umut (public, general) civil marriage (common) > anjetre çehamaka (spiritual) religious marriage (rarer, only after "years of > practice" :-) )
Could you elaborate on this? I presume you are referring to your conculture; how does it (normally or otherwise) sanction marriage? Can one have legal without religious *and* vice versa?
> luç ~luçi jocular but somewhat disrespectful term for one's spouse or > significant other (< luçu 'to mate, of animals')
*laugh*
> I like this one: > tisa: formal 2nd pers. pronoun, commoner-to-aristocrat, formerly used in a > close, most often M/M sexual relationship; sometimes, when the person of > lesser status was the sexually dominant partner, it would be the aristocrat > who used it, albeit often ironically; nowadays, while somewhat rare, it is > used by either partner, almost always with clear humorous or ironic intent. > (ult. < sisa 'love[r]')
/me likes it too. If I'm reading the derivation correctly... 2p (archaic?) formal pronoun, just generally, is derived from 'love(r)'? That is a bit... unusual. ;) Why only used in a m/m relationship? Do you have a history of these being associated with inter-class relationships? Any particular social connotations to being dominant? (And are you distinguishing 'dominant' / 'submissive' from 'top' / 'bottom'? Viz. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_and_bottom_in_sex_and_BDSM> [never thought I'd use that link *here* :-P]) - Sai

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