Re: LeGuin (was: a 12th century conlang)
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 26, 1999, 4:50 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> > 2. Human family relationships.
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> Ahem, HUMAN? Are you prejudiced against non-Humans? tiKyumani'sta!
Oops! Sorry... that just meant non-divine relationships!
> > 3. The parts of the body.
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> sutluni' (hand, agrees with possessor, thus titluni' for a woman's hand,
> natluni' for a man's hand), suklu' (foot, agrees), piklanu' (body),
> wanalassi' (eye, lit. "that which sees"), sudha'misu (head, agrees),
> wanapitu' (rib), that's it for now
Are your people humanoid, Nik? Nice list, by the way.
> "migrainously", nice coining!
>
I sometimes have a headache that lasts a week. It makes meedgy and
quarrelsome. I'll try better to keep that off the net.
Sal