Re: self designations
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 21, 2001, 20:29 |
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On Fri, 18 May 2001 15:53:42 -0600 dirk elzinga
<dirk.elzinga@...> writes:
> What names do the speakers of your languages use to refer to
> themselves? Are the names morphologically transparent? How did
> these names come about?
>
> Dirk
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The Rokbeigalm (speakers of Rokbeigalmki) call themselves exactly that,
the Rokbeigalm (Rokbeigalm-a). It's a distorted (but still obvious)
development of the compound _^rokvmei^galm-a_, "the Riders of the Waves".
They're a semi-nomadic oceangoing people, which explains that.
-Stephen (Steg)
"i don't need your fortune cookie wisdom!"