Re: Words for "Death"
From: | Muke Tever <muke@...> |
Date: | Thursday, August 7, 2003, 17:02 |
From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
> >(1) more than one word for the phenomenon we call ''death''
> >(2) no equivalent for the English word ''death''
> >
> >Re: (1), we are not thinking of joking, euphemistic or substandard
> >substitutes for the ''serious'' word for death.
Well, for English and many other language there's a widespread distinction
between "die" and "be killed" ... that is, death with or without an agent to
cause it.
Outside of that, I havnt any conlang examples :p
*Muke!
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