Re: Polysemy of "long"
| From: | Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 23, 2005, 13:37 |
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On 8/22/05, Sanghyeon Seo <sanxiyn@...> wrote:
> English word "long" or Han ideograph 長 may mean either "long in
> distance" or "long in time". As I don't know much about other
> languages, is this polysemy common? Which languages distinguish two?
French uses "longue" in both senses.
AFMC, gjax-zym-byn has several words corresponding to
English "long":
hum-jqa -- deep-ROT -- long (horizontal extent)
vxu -- long duration (of a time period)
laxnx -- taking a long time to read, listen to, watch (of
books, music, films)
--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/conlang.htm
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