Re: Playing with my dictionary

On Jun 18, 2005, at 2:56 AM, Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
> and, my favorite, just added to the dictionary:
> anākiwi (N.collective) a collection of things one does not have enough
> hands
> for, therefore one does not have enough time for; trouble;
> So a word for "trouble" is derived from a root meaning "finger".
> Any fun derivations in your dictionary?
> -Sylvia
Well, i'm pretty sure i've mentioned this at least once here, probably
a few years ago, but the Rokbeigalmki word for "bother, annoy, nag"
_peres_ is borrowed from the Proto-Elven word for "worship".


-Stephen (Steg)
  "/C_w/ ^sem^eilós uz"