Re: some origins...

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Od: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Do: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Data: 11 listopada 1998 02:40
Temat: Re: some origins...


>On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:08:28 +0100 lucasso <lucasso@...>
>writes:
>>what do you know about origins of simple word like time
>>time is an abstract
>>you can't touch time, you can't even see time (i've never seen time,
>>are
>>you?
>>so why time words in every languages are so old and simple are there
>>any
>>ideas??
>>(time, Zeit, czas, toki, tiempo, tid, ido", uair, etc...)
>>
>>and what about articles, what can be origins of them?
>
>Well, about the articles, this may not really help with natlangs, but
>i've theorized the origin of my conlang, Rokbeigalmki, 's definite
>article.  In "Modern" Rokbeigalmki it's _-a_ /?a/ attached to the end of
>the word, but in Proto-Rokbeigalmki it was _a~_ /?a::/, a really long /a=
/
>sound....as if somone was talking about something, and needed to describ=
e
>it, so paused "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....." while looking around for a suitable
>example or description.
>
:))
good!!!
...
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lucasso