Re: Moten's way of naming colours

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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>         Well, as I said, here is the way we name colours in Moten.
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>         Colours in Moten have no name by themselves. There is only the =
word 'va':
> colour, which can be used in compounds to name colours, after the colou=
r of
> some known objects.
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Feorran is somewhat similar, I quote here what the Concise Grammar=20
of Feorran has to say on the subject;

"Almost all Feorran color terms are derived from nominals by means of
the derivational suffix, [-jin]. Feorran only has three
natural color terms (all of which are abstract nouns);=20

     las 'red, blood colored'=20
     pak 'white, clear'=20
     tiuq 'black, dark'=20
     t=EBqzojin 'sky-colored, i.e. blue'=20
     leoqkejin 'sea-colored, i.e. blue-green'=20
     eoqkajin 'ornamental-feathers-on-an-Emperor-Penguin-colored,
i.e.      yellow' "

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