Re: New Arvorec words

--- Dan Jones <feuchard@...> wrote:
> ceneyth "homosexual person" < Latin CINAEDU (no slur
> intended to any Kenneths on the list!)
> yngyl "poof" (pej.) < English "ingle"
> tryvaeth "lesbian" < English "tribade"
<snip>
> ObConlangQuestion: How would you express this in
> your conlangs?
  In Aelya, a homosexual person, regardless of
gender,is called 'aera' (borrowed from MnIrish
'aerach' lively, airy, gay). To specify, 'poof' or
'lesbo', the terms are 'aeron' and 'aereth',
respectively. There is no negative connotation to the
Aelya terms as there are in English.

                Aidan


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