Re: SURVEY: Idiomatic Expressions In Your ConLang Or ConCulture

caeruleancentaur wrote:
>
> Senjecan is, to a large extent, a language based on verbs.
> However, the inflection of verbs is minimal, resulting in very
> simple verb forms.
>
> Nouns are the parts of speech that show the greatest elaboration.
> Prefixes from all the other parts of speech are permitted on root
> nouns.  One category of nouns is those based on the root _dêmon_
> from the verbnoun _dêma_ build.  -on tells us that it is a concrete
> noun related to the stem.  It means building.  Please don't
> think "skyscraper."  It can be any type of building that humans (or
> other intelligent beings) construct.
>
> I have found the following nouns in the dictionary:
>
>    [snip]
>
> ÿéélmuuldêmon > ÿêêlon, glass & mûûla, plant = greenhouse.

Nice set of compounds.

The word for "glass" given here has the form of a concrete
noun related to a stem. Is it from "ÿêêla"?  meaning what?
(or is it just a coincidence?)

--Ph. D.