Re: Slang, idioms etc. in conlangs

Am 03/31 18:47  Roger Mills yscrifef:

> Andrew's Brithenig:
> >> gafar to have done (trans.)
> Assuming this is "to come":  of the male: yawuwi, yawuwí, pron. ['jaU.wi] or
> [jaU.'i] (think yowee!)-- irreg. < ya/ruwi 'it flows'.  Not sure about
> women.
>
The word is far more innocent than that.  It means to have completed an
activity "Gaf-ti lawar?" "Si, eo af lawar" (have you finished the
washing up?  Yes, I have done the washing).  It's more idiom than
sexually explicit, although it could be used that way, I suppose.

- andrew.
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