Re: ahem anyway.. naughty words!

> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 02:55:22AM -0400, Amber Adams wrote:
> [snip]
> > What counts as profanity in your conlangs?  What words are
> naughty?  What's the
> > absolutely worst thing you could call someone? ;)
Hmmm.  I don't really have any actual profanities in Yivríndil, but I do
have some unnice things to say.  The ones that come to mind are:

lethahiran [lETa'hIran]- lit. "horse-eater", used of someone who is
vulgar, disgusting, repulsive, etc.  One of the worst possible things to
say.

goso ['goso] - ass, anus, derogatory.  The derivative "goson" might be
equivalent to the term 'asshole' used of a person in English, but it's
also used as an insulting term for homosexuals.

ikagol ['Ikagol] - lit. "blackfoot".  A derogatory term for a Nomin, one
of the races that lives near the Yivríndi.  Can also be used with the
same force as "bastard."

kéwuthan ['keBuTan] - lit. "masturbator," by extension "bachelor" (used
of
either gender).  Sort of equivalent to "dirty old man," only with
stronger negative force and a distinct implication of perversion.

The Yivríndi put a lot of stress on bearing children and continuing
family lines, so they don't think highly of bachelors, homosexuals, and
other people who won't have natural children.

Jesse S. Bangs     Pelíran
jaspax@ juno.com
"There is enough light for those that desire only to see, and enough
darkness for those of a contrary disposition."  --Blaise Pascal