Re: Blue grass and skies

J Matthew Pearson wrote:
> > I: White, black (or, rather, light and dark)
> > II: White, black, red
> > III: White, black, red, and yellow OR green
> > IV: White, black, red, yellow, green
> > V: White, black, red, yellow, green, blue
> > VI: White, black, red, yellow, green, blue, brown
> > VII: White, black, red, yellow, green, blue, brown, and one or more of
> > the following: pink, grey, purple, orange
>
> Tokana is a type VII language, I guess:
W's type 5:
White: kláu
Black: Vazyú
Red: Gazínu
Yellow: Tají
Green: Maisyása
Blue: Mlál

Dark is vazyása, and light is klauyása

Incidentally, green comes from Common Kassí maqís qihása (like a leaf),
short for pidé maqís qihása (green like a leaf, leaf-green), used to
distinguish the color green from the metaphorical use of pidé to mean
"young", which, in the form pidí, is its sole meaning in Modern
Watakassí.

Pink would be gazínu vazyása (light red), brown and orange would
probably be considered shades of red, purple would probably be split
between blue and red, depending on shade, don't know what grey would be,
but maybe vazyú klauyása (light black)?

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