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Re: Sex (was Re: picnic)

From:Matt McLauchlin <matt_mcl@...>
Date:Friday, September 22, 2000, 6:57
>> How *do* various languages present sex?
Sex is not an out-of-the-ordinary topic of conversation. You would probably be thought tedious if you talked about it a lot (much like someone who goes on about their job or their car in our world.) The verb "taris" means to have sex with. It can be intransitive: Árjun iaüj tarisis. (Arjun and I had sex.) Or it can be transitive, carrying with it a connotation of the ergative being the top and the absolutive being the bottom: Árjunar tarisi ian. (Arjun had sex with me, or, Arjun penetrated me.) Ian tarisi Árjunar. (Quite clear: I bottomed for Arjun.) There are also a few more specific verbs, such as: úiar (penetrate with a penis; literally, probe or sound) dor (penetrate with a finger; literally, prod) tespa (penetrate with an object; literally, exercise a skilled trade) elyú (penetrate with a tongue, or lick) zego (be penetrated by; literally, surround) These can be combined with nouns for body parts for even greater specificity: poðu "anus" + dor = poðu'dor "finger-fuck" añui "vagina" + elyú = añui'elyú "perform cunnilingus on" aisk "mouth" + úiar = aisk'úiar "be fellated by" etcetera. Note that these are the meanings for transitive verbs; intransitively, as with "taris", they do not specify active/passive. Compare: Árjunar poðu'úiari ian. (Arjun buggered me.) Árjun iaüj poðu'úiaris. (Arjun and I had anal sex.) As they say in Shrislyaria: T'taris suiand ñasui, ju t'taris kotauard is'modat sui. "Good sex is really good, and bad sex is still pretty good."