A bit of Piata (was: Re: [p] <-> [k_W])

Stone Gordonssen wrote:

> This actually comes from transcribing Tsalagi, wherein _v_ > and _V_ are both [V].
> _tsiyonv_ /(I am) bear clan/ [t_si"jAnV]
To bring this back to conlanging, I use _v_ for /V/
in my Piata. Although I didn't pick it up from Tsalagi,
but from Choctaw. Example:

_Fa-ayilihvv he chisichv_ 'He cowardly killed himself'

fa  -ayilihvv           he    chisi-chv
3AGT-kill_oneself:PAST  with  snake-ness
'He cowardly killed himself.'

_Ayilihvv_ derives from _ay(v)-_, which is a reflexive
prefix; _ili_ which means 'die' (shamelessly stolen
from Chickasaw :); _-hv_ which is a causative suffix;
and then a lengthening of the final vowel which marks
past tense (or possibly perfective aspect, I haven't
decided yet).

So all in all you literally get "Cause oneself to die".

Daniel Andreasson