Re: CHAT: Colds, Sneezes, and Slack Nasals

Bryan Maloney wrote:

>On Thu, 20 May 1999, Kristian Jensen wrote:
>
>> Just something funny (or disgusting - depending on how you see
it)
>> I discovered about Boreanesian. You see, I have a cold right, and
>> I find my self having a hard time saying some Boreanesian words
>> without forcing myself to clear my nose of snot.
>
>
>This could be a great opportunity to create some Boreanesian words:
>
>Like a word descended from roots that mean "snot" and "spew" for
>either "foreigner" or "foreign accent"...
>
Great idea!!

For example:
/hj@hn[aG?/
/hj@hn[uwh/

If preceded by an inanimate determiner, the former would mean snot
while the latter would mean sneeze. Both of the above could be used
to refer to a person that someone dislikes if they are preceded by
an animate determiner instead, and followed by a diminutive suffix.
For example:

/nuwhhj@hn[aG?t[_h@wij?/ - "he, that little snot"

-kristian- 8-)