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Some amusing co-incidences

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, October 2, 2000, 4:42
Setting shoebox to arrange the words solely by form (I normally have it
arrange words by word class, then by English gloss), I discovered a few
amusing co-incidences.

U-dakív = Glory (Hyphens are inserted to point out the root)
Dakí = 5
   Interesting because 5 is considered an evil number!

Lakázi-uki = Show mercy to
S-Lakáaz-uki = Deceive

P-láif = Path - I wonder if this was some subconcious influence?

U-lastá = Prophecy
La-lásta = Bird

U-líi = Ritual
U-líibi = Bread
   In this case, there actually was some intentional influence.
   Originally, bread was w-ilíibi, which I decided would become wa-líibi
   under the influence of wa-líi.  In the latest change to the genders
   and orthography, they became u-líi and u-líibi.  However, the
   original similarity was co-incidence

S-likán = Offspring
U-dlíkan = Fire

Mán-uki = Rest
U-Mánaa = Duty

CK mayákë = Soil (mod. u-miáa)
CK miyaké = Die  (mod. miakí-uki, "to wither, diminish")

U-naftás = Tooth (pl. ufnaftáti)
U-naftús = Rib   (pl. ufnaftúsi)

Naisák-uki = To rise
U-naisalá = Future

Pi-niazzá = Destruction
Pi-niassá = Preparation

Pi-nilmá = Honor
U-nimá = Bow and arrow

Su-Puudí-uki = Bury
Puu- = Again
Dí = Appropriate

Safái-ki = Come into existence, begin
Safí-uki = Be born (when transitive = Give birth)

U-sakáti = Evening
U-saklás = Moon

Sian- = Immediately
Sianá = Eerily Silent
   Hmmm ... Sasiansianáltu = Immediately, it became frighteningly silent

Ti-sistá = Girl, female slave
   Similarity to "sister" is co-incidental.  It was originally
   ti-kistá, but I found the sequence of [tSiCeSta] difficult, and thus
   kept saying [tSiSeSta], and decided to change it thus.  I made that
   an internal change, as well.

Tiá = Learned
Tiái-ki = Have faith
U-tiái = Faith (rel., of course, to tiái-ki)
U-tiáni = Year
Even more interesting:
Uf-tiái = Learned, gender 6 plural
Uf-tiái = Faiths

Vaziá-uki = Act out of rage
Vaziása = Dark
Vaziú = Black
   The last two are, of course, related

su-viklú-uki = Choose
u-viklú = Altar

Zábla = Pure
Zablú = Beautiful
Zadlú = Stupid
Zaldí-uki = Do something for honor's sake

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God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb
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