Re: Weekly Vocab #2.1.28 (repost #1)
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 20, 2008, 0:13 |
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On Mar 19, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Lars Finsen wrote:
> I'd like to do one of these in Sora Suraetua, to rehearse a little
> for the relay. I still don't think I have the proper feel for this
> language, and I need some exercise.
>
> BTW, Sore Suraetua is only a provisional name. It simply means "Old
> Suraetua" in Suraetua. It should have a name in itself, but what?
> Suraetua in Sora Suraetua is Hiksjuraranithwara,
Is that form cognate with the word <Suraetua>? Pretty cool sound
changes, if so :)
> a little unwieldy, but this is perhaps pertinent for the language
> (see below). The meaning is "means for telling". But perhaps I can
> simply use the word hihinusa, "language." Or hihinauju, "speaking."
[snip]
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