Re: CHAT: currency [was Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02]

On 23 Dec 01, at 0:31, J Y S Czhang wrote:

>     OBCONLANG: What word(s) do your conlangs have for tips? tipping?
> "services rendered", etc.
Not my conlang, properly speaking, but the one I've been most
interested in recently - Verdurian. The word for "tip" is "pitu", which
is the "classical imperative" of "pitir" = "drink". So, it's literally
"drink!", but conjugated as a masculine noun due to the -u ending.
(Reminds me of the German word for tip, "Trinkgeld" = "drinking
money".)

Then there's also "bribe", which is translated as "corp", or (in slang)
as "iosul" (literally, "small mercy", and with the usual meaning of
"favour", in the sense of "do someone a favour" or "ask someone for a
favour").

Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>

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