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Re: booze words

From:Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>
Date:Saturday, May 10, 2008, 0:06
li_sasxsek@NUTTER.NET wrote:
>> On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed >> >> yeah, got it. bi + smak (english by + smack), not bis + mak. >> Divided >> it in the wrong place. :) > > My instinct was to parse it as "bis+mak" too, leading me to think > it was some type of Turkish verb.
Interesting observation. In my early days of developing Urianian, I admired the Turkish liking for combinations of closed syllables, and this had an effect on my fantasies. The Urianian word is composed of, indeed, bis 'male member' + mak 'fungus, mushroom'. Relating to the shape of a young amanita. Urianian has lost the IE initial s before consonants. And I am thinking now that this word is such an old formation that the modern form may be bimak instead of bismak. I'm going to bed now after having observed Saturn with my new Barlow lens. Even at this, the darkest hour of the night, the sky is so bright now that I probably will pack down my telescope for the summer. LEF