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vocabulary borrowing

From:J.Barefoot <ataiyu@...>
Date:Saturday, June 26, 1999, 13:26
Okay, thanks to all your help, I solved part of my vocabulary problem.  I
actually went back and did a little Old Asiteya phonology and sound change
rules.  Thus I back-form (not a technical term) old roots from
already-existing roots and reborrow the old ones with more direct sound
change (only because Old Asiteya has some sounds Asiteya doesn't) for the
more complex or technical derivations. This one pops into my head:

Old root: zuy- flow
through historical sound change: doy-, as in doyame "river"
through reborrowing: suyoya "pantheism"

...creating cool doublets.

In a further attempt to jazz up the vocab, I'm playing with a non-related
language spoken in the same area that A. can borrow words from. The speakers
have extensive, peaceful trading contact (except maybe for disputes over
fishing rights). What semantic domains are most likely to be borrowed
between them?

Thanks,
Jennifer


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