Re: Different words for one thing

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
>
> FFlores wrote:
> > u    [u]      'drinkable or flowing water'
> > huti ['PutSi] 'undrinkable water, unmoving dirty water'
>
> Groovy, I like that distinction.  Is the phonology based on Japanese?
Roughly, yes:

        p t k kw
        b d g gw
        m n
        f s      h
        w l r j

        i   i-  u
          e   o
            a

where /ho hu/ is [Po Pu], the alveolar consonants are palatal
or postalveolar before /i/, and <r> is a flap. But the syllable
structure is a bit looser, allowing syl-final any of /w l r j n/.


> Ice: "solid H2O"
> Water: "liquid H2O"
> Steam: "gaseous H2O"
> Rain: liquid H2O which condensed in the sky and fell to the ground
> Snow, hail, sleet, are other examples.
Well, these are clearly distinct...

> Pebble: small stone
> Stone: large pebble
> Boulder: large stone
These are another thing; I hadn't thought of such distinctions.


--Pablo Flores
  http://draseleq.conlang.org/pablo-david/