Re: Lexeme Request: Water and Fire

On Thursday 26 May 2005 23:27, David J. Peterson wrote:
> I'm giving another talk on language creation this coming Tuesday,
> and I had a very simple request.  I'd like to gather some samples
> of the words (nouns, hopefully) for "fire" and "water" in a bunch
> of different conlangs.
fire:
from the root 'naawl', the baseform '-nāol-':
annāoli   N.CO 	 fire, flames

water:
from the root 'khaar', the baseform '-hār-':
anhāri 	 N.CO  	 water
(khaar is also the root used in words for sea, ocean, wetness, etc.)
(naan is used in words for springs, pools, and fresh water. So the word used
for water when in the desert is:
annāmmi  N.CO  	 drinking water, clean water)
(taan, which is probably related to naan, is the root used in words for
running water, rivers, creeks, streams, and eddies and currents)
(reejn is the root used in words for fresh water vs salt water and for
navigable rivers, canals, and such.)

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