Re: Gweinic Description: Phonology and Roots (Corrections)

>Anthony M. Miles scripsit:
>
> > labhn- 'Create' is properly only used if one is making something out
> > of nothing. Hence colloquial derogatory term for 'to lie' (now that's
> > weird).
John Cowan:
>IIRC there is a Norwegian word meaning both "poet" and "liar" >depending on
>context.
CL phoolendrakh (double vowel=long vowel). means either 'poet, orator', or
'boaster'< EL phoolen- < GW phoolen 'poetry, oration', 'poetry' in this case
meanin 'epic poetry'. 'Lyric poetry' would be pheelenalee, which also means
'song' and suggests a lighter
subject matter (but not necessarily style) than phoolendrakh.
labhn- means 'Create' or 'lie' depending on subject. If the
subject or addressee is the Creator, it means 'create'. Otherwise
it means 'lie'. Since all Dhabra cultures acknowledge the Creator,
labhn- never comes to mean 'lie' exclusively.
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