Re: Different words for one thing

Irina Rempt wrote:

>gul    - bottom, lowest part of the inside of something
>gulsen - the actual physical bottom
>
>This last one is tricky: the meanings don't seem to be that
>different, but _gulsen_ is only used when you're talking of the
>actual surface down there, not the place where it is. For instance,
>when a bucket goes down a well, it is _gulie_ (at the bottom, all the
>way down) and when a person climbs into the (hopefully dry) well to
>retrieve a lost necklace he is _gulsien_.
Tokana makes a distinction that's a *bit* like this:  _lom_ means
"bottom" in the sense of the underside of something, while _luma_
means bottom of an interior space, such as the floor of a room
or cave, the inside bottom of a box, the bed of a stream, or the
bottom of the ocean.

Matt.