Re: Semantic content of 'thank you'

Quoting Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...>:

> On 6/6/06, James W. <emindahken@...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In my current project, &#257;seka`eni, I need to come up with a
> > way to express thanks.
>
> I've generally used a word that means something like "grace" or
> "kindness"; words like that that stand alone, outside the boundaries
> of a larger clause, serve as my interjections. They are, of course,
> highly idiomatic.
In my (seriously underdeveloped) language Keshean, a common farewell phrase is
_ailetsh_, meaning "lonely". The implication, of course, is that I will be
feeling lonely without you.

                                               Andreas