Re: SURVEY: Idiomatic Expressions In Your ConLang Or ConCulture

caeruleancentaur wrote:


>I am trying to make all dictionary entries verbs, but I haven't
>succeeded yet.  It's difficult to discern what verb might be the
>base
>for _elephant_!
>
A few ideas:

"to possess elephants" - This breeder elephants a lot.

"to treat as an elephant" - Hey I'm not that big, stop elephanting me!

"to transform into an elephant" - For this trick, I will elephant someone in
the audience

"to use an elephant" - You would better elephant to get there

"to travel with an elephant to" - Tomorrow, I will elephant the other city

"to give birth to a baby elephant" - She(a female elephant) is going to
elephant.

"to put smthg on an elephant" - These packages are heavy, you would better
elephant them than carry them yourself


And these possibilities work for any animal used for transportation; horse,
bull, lama, yack, camel, dog...

For any kind animal, all but the 2 or 3 last ones work, depending if there
are animals that cannot be _used_ at all or not.


Personnaly, I like the idea of having every word derived from verbs and I
think it is possible, it needs reflexion to find meanings but it is probably
possible.

I hope this helps

- Max