Re: Lexeme Request: Water and Fire
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 28, 2005, 16:06 |
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Hallo!
On Fri, 27 May 2005 20:44:21 -0400,
# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> wrote:
> In Vbazi:
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> njele + biwliw => njelebiwliw = water
> beggining + liquid
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> so "njelebiwliw" is like the scientist version of the word but it is
> contracted in "lebi" in normal use
Does your language really not have a basic, underived word for "water"?
That seems bizarre to me. "Water" is a very basic concept, much more
basic than the more general "liquid".
> gaidz + gyl => gaidzdyl /gaidz=dEl/ = fire
> motion + heat
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> so again "gaidzdyl" is a scientific version usually contracted into "gajyl"
> /gajEl/
The same question again. No basic word for "fire"?
Greetings,
Jörg.
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