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Re: Lexeme Request: Water and Fire

From:Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
Date:Friday, May 27, 2005, 7:09
Emaelivpeith David J. Peterson:
> 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.
In Asha'ille, a body of water is "uruman" /u'r\umAn/, while water meant for drinking or other consumption is "ura" /'ur\A/. (Obviously, these words are etymologically related.) A crackling campfire kind of fire is "hikya" /'hikjA/, while a moving body of fire (as in a forest or house fire) is "hikyamír" /hikjA'mir\/. The latter is derived from the former plus "-mír," denoting movement. If for your list you want the least marked of each of these words, pragmatically speaking, then you want "uruman" and "hikya." Pronunciation is given in CXS. BTW, you labeled both your lists as "Fire." Which one was supposed to be water? :) -- AA http://conlang.arthaey.com/ (Gmail WARNING: watch the Reply-To!)

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