Re: help: Naming Trentish voice markers

From: "nicole dobrowolski" <fuzzybluemonkeys@...>
>froge sionk Muke Tever...
><shnip>
>>     tlilamenñy        "I am painting."
>>     Uklamenñy         "I am painting [myself/part of myself]"
>>     englamenñy        "I am painting teeth"
>>     engapa Uklamenñy  "I am painting [my] teeth"
><shnip>
>
>well i don't know anything about voicing but i'd be interested in
>knowing the context in which a Trentish speaker would paint their
>teeth... ceremonial? fun? what sort of paint would they use?
Well, the *correct* answer is "when they can't think of any other body parts to
demonstrate the verb with".

But really, the word <i-lamen> means basically just "to color", and not
necessarily with paint...
If one was eating blue candy, say, one could say

    ?oplupa ñVnk'lamenlV
    ?o -plu -pa ñ -V  -nk'  -lamen-lV
    POS.blue.T  1p.GEN.teeth.paint.3p
    "It's painting my teeth blue"

Or, to stick to the example usage,

    enk'apa ela Uk?oplulamenñy
    enk'a-pa e   -la Uk -?o -plu -lamen-ñy
    teeth.T  with.3p MID.POS.blue.color.1p
    "I'm painting my teeth blue with it"

...if that was your kind of thing.

(Yes, <plu-> is a loan from English.)

I suppose this could also apply to teeth-whitening {yt?otwilenk'lamen} and
whatnot. :p

    *Muke!
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