Re: Tech Gender (and finally, what does Tech mean?)

>From: Irina Rempt <ira@...>
>On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Daniel A. Wier wrote:
>
> > Hey hey, things are falling into place real well.  Now the name
>Techia/Tech
> > has real meaning: it comes from the word _t'eqme_ 'to crown, anoint
>one's
> > head', so the name is something like 'crowned ones' or 'anointed ones'.
>So
> > the exact pronunciation of the nation is [t'Eqiy@] or [t'eXiy@]
>
>LOL! I always thought it was because it's a technologically oriented
>culture :-)
That's how I like to be mysterious ;)  How I came up with the name was an
incidence of pure serendipity, then I found out the existence of the word
_t'eqme_, and it's borrowing into other languages as _texme_.  It was
confused with Greek _tekhne:_, then there you are.  This is pure
coincidence... I think...    ^

> > Gender isn't just what distinguishes female from male, and both from
>neuter;
> > there is a true meaning to gender.  Masculine usually indicates
>initiator or
> > the 'sower of seed'; feminine marks completor or 'the grower of seed'
>(i.e.
> > the earth).  Neuter is typically the end product: the 'seed' itself.
>
>I like that! It's like a detailed interpretation of different degrees
>of animacy - what about things that are none of these, like "wind"?
>Or is that a product of something?
Oh I dunno, probably a neuter since it's a product.  Maybe the masculine is
one of the four angels who releases and holds back the four winds; the
feminine is the air around us.  I don't know how 'breath' or 'spirit' would
relate to this yet.

Danny
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