Re: New Arvorec words

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Dan Jones <feuchard@...>:
>
> >
> > ceneyth "homosexual person" < Latin CINAEDU (no slur intended to any
> > Kenneths on the list!)
> > yngyl "poof" (pej.) < English "ingle"
> > tryvaeth "lesbian" < English "tribade"
> >
>
> BTW, what did CINAEDU mean in Latin?
<shrugs> I don't know. I got it from Catullus' poem 16, where it occurs in
the vocative CINAEDE, translated "sodomite". I'm not sure if it was VL.
However, the Arvorc'hedow were educated types and would have known the word.

Dan

> Christophe.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
>
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Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".

Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá
alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama
yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam
vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."
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Dan Jones

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