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Re: Semantic content of 'thank you'

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 15:07
staving James W:
>Hi, > >In my current project, &#257;seka`eni, I need to come up with a >way to express thanks. I'm interested in what you all have >done in your own languages, or any natlangs you know of. I >am particularly interested in unusual semantic content, but >whatever you can contribute is appreciated. I make no guarantee >that I won't copy something that comes in reply to this. :-) > >I will post the &#257;seka`eni version and give due credit to the >inspiration in a later post. >
In Khangaþyagon it's the simple and obvious "shuþa ya ye" shuþ- (v) thank a (segunak) 1p ya (pr) 1p ye (pr) 2p I thank you. Pete