Re: Spinning and purring

Charlie wrote:

> What might be the connection between "to spin" and "to purr." Perhaps
> the sound of a spinning wheel?  Do any other natlangs use "to spin"
> for "to purr" as well?  I know that Spanish has the verb "ronronear."
> How have you expressed "to purr" in your conlangs?
>
The Kash, being "feline" in origin, have a couple words:

muru-muru (applies only to certain Cousins, the Kash themselves have lost
the ability)-- not your average kittycat's purring, more like the rumbling
one hears from contented tigers & lions on TV nature shows... It may or may
not be physically produced in the same way.

rondoñ (and rondroñ, which violates phonology [r's in successive syllables])
applies to some other animals, also to low-pitched vibrating sounds, like
engines/motors (as opposed to ñumuñ 'chant; drone, as some motors do, or
swarms of insects')

We seem to lack a word for 'to spin (yarn)'....likely to be based on 'twine'
or 'twist'; then we'll also need spindle, spinning wheel or other device
[not an area of technology I'm familiar with], "spinneret" the spider's
organ??