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Re: Lahabic Syntax

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, October 1, 2000, 20:33
taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking > about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never > entered my mind" [syn: {thought}]
That's the only meaning that came to mind, actually.
> 2: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" > 3: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; > "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how > long it would take" [syn: {estimate}, {estimation}, {approximation}]
Number 3 certainly wouldn't be part of _uiáani_, number 2 probably wouldn't.
> 4: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to > see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture > all the pieces" [syn: {mind}] > 5: melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is > announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked > up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: {theme}, {melodic > theme}, {musical theme}]
Number 5 definitely isn't part of _uiáani_. Number 4 most likely isn't. I'll have to give that further thought.
> idea := sudden insight, <vycer> or <vyrr> > idea := thought, would be derived from <âr> "to think that"
Hmm, "sudden insight" I never really thought of as a core part of "idea". That might, perhaps, be _umiasilalá_ (inspiration). -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor