Re: How to minimize "words" (was "Re: isolating conlangs")

In a message dated 2/24/2007 7:54:17 PM Central Standard Time,
rakko@CHARTER.NET writes:


> > The primes "HAVE" and
> > "WANT" are also not uncomplicated, considering that the English
> > word "want" comes from a verb which meant "to lack" (and
> > which still can, in certain contexts), and that many languages
> > have separate notions of "having".
>
> Heck, many languages don't have a word for "have".
>
But those languages have a way to say "have", even if it's not a single word.
 Finnish (minulla on = I have), Russian (u menya est' = I have, in addition
to "imet'") come to mind.

stevo