Re: some proverbs
| From: | Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 8, 2000, 2:52 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Pearson" <jmpearson@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: some proverbs
> Patrick's proverbs remind me of a Tokana proverb (the only
> good one I've been able to 'discover' so far), namely
> "inie hounne, kalie launein" ['injE 'hOwnnE, 'kaljE law'nejn]
> literally "eyes for the owl, legs for the rabbit".
>
> Any guesses as to what this proverb means?
Well, owls need eyes for hunting, rabits need legs for runing away... if you
are not smart enough then you better run and hide? Well, I guess some
cultural context is needed here: either if owls are admired or just
respected as any other animal as rabits are.
-- Carlos Th