Re: A Conlang, created by the group?

Herman Miller wrote:

>>What makes a noun "northern" or "eastern"? I'm curious.
>
>Well, they're somewhat arbitrary in Siranai, but there are a few groups of
>vaguely related words in each category. Some "east" words refer to origins
>and some "west" words refer to motion, from the sun rising in the east and
>moving westward. So for instance, "egg" is east and "animal" is west.
>"North" words often refer to heat or forests, characteristics of the
>tropics to the north, and "south" words to rocks, ice, and cold,
>characteristics of the southern polar region. But many words just have to
>be memorized: "eye" is south, "wind" is north, and "fur" is east.
We could have "right", "left", "top" and "bottom" genders (just not to
steal your idea). But they could be logical sometimes (for "eyes" and
"feet", for example).


--Pablo Flores