Re: Color system
| From: | Rodlox <rodlox@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 17, 2004, 16:36 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: Pascal A. Kramm <pkramm@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Color system
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:06:23 +0200, Carsten Becker
> <naranoieati@...> wrote:
> >For Ayeri, I haven't made up color terms yet, except
> >"maca" (white, light, shining), "macárya" (opposite of
> >"maca"), "avirang" (golden) and "idian" (silver). I thought
> >that green should be a basic colour, too, because the Ayeri
> >people lives in a rain forest, where the green of trees and
> >plants is of course dominating.
how do rainforest tribes in real life handle that? (or do the Ayeri live
in a rainforest that's greener than any on Earth?). *curious*
> I think they would have probably a lot of base words all meaning "green"
to
> describe all the different shades of green they're exposed to every day
> (just like the eskimos have lots of words which all mean "snow").
isn't that an urban myth?
:)
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