Playing the banjo (Was: Latin help)

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:

Mark J. Reed wrote:
>How about some verb associated with "playing" the harp, which Latins
>must have had... Hmm, where does "plectrum" come from?
The NT Greek has a wonderful phrase in the Book of Revelation (14:2)
which was formerly translated as "harpers harping with their harps."
I'm visiting my family and don't have my usual resources, but the
three words are cithar___.
Most modern translations have rendered the phrase as "harpers playing
on their harps."  Yes, something is lost.

>Spanish surely has lots of vocab. related to guitar playing (but not
>in my dictionary nor in my ken)-- perhaps some would reflect Latin
>material.
I am not aware of any specialized vocabulary, but the ordinary word
for "to play" an instrument is "tocar," to touch.  Yo puedo tocar la
guitarra; I can play the guitar.

Does anyone want to share his or her conlang words for musical
instruments and other musical terms?  I'm always looking to enrich
the Senjecan vocabulary.  I had a heck of a time coming up with a
word for "music."

Charlie

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