Re: CHAT: fantasy (was: Re: history of conlanging)

Herman Miller wrote:
>
> (ObConlang: is there a name for the case marked by -evo in Sortal, meaning
> "into" as used with verbs of transformation?)
>
        I think I already saw it, but I'm unable to find the name. Maybe simply
"transformative" :) ("translative" doesn't seem a good choice,
"terminative" may be an idea).

> Now, I think this sort of magic is a little too extreme for the way I'd
> like the new Kolagia to develop, but the idea of words having magical power
> is one that I haven't entirely discarded.
        I'm still trying to decide if Magic works in the world of the Sky
People or not. The more I think of it, the more I don't know. I'm
exactly in their point of view :) .

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