Re: measuring time

On Jun 18, 2005, at 12:33 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
> Indonesian has some interesting non-clock ways of discussing periods
> of the
> day--pagi 'morning' sunrise to about noon; siang 'bright' noon to
> about 4,
> the hottest time of day
Interesting... the period of time called "brightness" or "brilliance"
in Rokbeigalmki is late morning, _rouwit_ (the |-t| is an all
fossilized ending for units of time, and can be dropped).

Here are the Rokbeigalmki divisions of the day:

charzat /tS)a4zat/ = [sun]rise, "shining/glowing"
ghalut /Galut/ = early morning, "rising"
rouwit /4&wwit/ = late morning, "brilliance"
wuhot /wuhot/ = midday, "heat"
jalat /dZ)alat/ = afternoon, "descent"
wadiht /wadi\t/ = late afternoon, evening while the sky is
multicolored, "flow"
raflet /4ap\lEt/ = [sun]set, "darkening"
vih~t /vi\::t/ = when the stars become visible, "appearance" (with
phonetic lengthening)
rougant /4&wgant/ = midnight, darkest part of the night, "brilliance
(of) sparkling"
argat /a4gat/ = dawn, "return"

also...
maafyiht /m&p\ji\t/ = moonrise (seemingly from a root meaning 'moon'
and 'white')
hoit /hOjt/ = moonset, "concealment"


-Stephen (Steg)
  "/C_w/ ^sem^eilós uz"