Josh Roth wrote:
> (I read something once about a similar thing happening in English, with words
> like "little" "itty-bitty" "tiny" (originally pronounced with a front vowel)
> "teeny" (brough back to a front vowel!)
That's a common phenomenon across languages. Another good example is
Japanese "chibi" for "small". It just *sounds* little. :-)
In Uatakassi, I use _pifi_ for "small" and _zamuu_ for "large", also an
example of my voiceless-voiced associations! :-)
> The people are happy about their building, but God isn't, so they use
> different verbs.
Interesting! I like that. :-)
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