>From: FFlores <fflores@...>
>Any idea how you call them like that? (I mean the sounds.)
>
>>
>> vezh - gold Au
>> pruuv - silver Ag
>> ghub - iron Fe
>> jherv - lead Pb
>> tezh - sodium Na
>> drraagpruuv - platinum Pt
Basically, I just have a feeling for how the lang is supposed to sound
(mostly unconscious). At this point "v" seems to be the most common
consonant with "gh" a close second. Those two pop up everywhere.
There a few words I've created which just don't seem to be in character
and, thus are on their way out of the lexicon (fchaagh, for instance,
which may end up as fu^chaagh).
>
>Could you tell us more about the Graavgaaln, and especifically
>their technology? This because I've been doing research about
>chemistry among the Dra'selhadh, and I haven't discovered the
>name for platinum -- because they are not advanced enough to
>isolate it. Have you thought of that?
>
Well, I've been tossing out bits of bable about their culture over on
the conculture list so I don't think I should go into too much here, but
here's a little bit. They are a caste oriented society, but one in
which caste is earned rather than inherited. Strength is the cardinal
virtue. They practice an odd seperated but equal philosophy between the
sexes (males and females live in seperate sections of their cities and
have seperate governments!). They are tall (7' 6"- 8' or 2.28 - 2.44 m
for males and slightly less for females). They are humanoid. They are
technologically advanced.
>> b'olg'aatnorgh - sulfur S
>
>"Yellowstone"! (Sorry :)
If you've ever been to Yellowstone National Park. . . stinkorama!
>
>> fa*shy"drraag - aluminum Al
>>
>> The derivation of fa*shly"drraag needs some elucidation.
>>
>> faashly"t (feather) + drroogh (metal) > faashlytdrroog >
faashly"drroog
>> (through assimilation, gemmination and reduction) > fa*shly"drroog
>> (spreading of feature +round to the unround "aa") > fa*shly"drraag
>> (through reanalysis confusing "droogh" [metal] and "drraag" [heavy])
>
>What does aluminium have to do with feathers?
As someonelse noted they are both light. Faashly"t actually means eithe
feather or leaf depending on context. It is often used as a derisive
term. Aluminum hardly seems hevy enough to be taken seriously as a
metal. (Not my opinion, but that of the generation of Graavguurdaan who
first isolated Al.)
>
>Well, and AFMCL (since I've been doing this lately too):
>
>_gal_ "gold"
>_velq_ "silver"
>_bre`f_ "iron", and _stef_ "steel"
Are _bre`f_ and _stef_ etymologically related?
>_qgao't_ "lead"
Is your _qg_ a voiced uvular stop like mine?
>_mienvelq_ "mercury"
>_iaqa'n_ "antimony"
>_siangai_ "carbon"
>_ha`ts_ "zinc"
>_ostat_ "copper"
>_briktola"k_ "arsenic"
>_briktra"da"k_ "tin"
>
>Note that _brik_ means "brass", hence
>_briktola"k_ "arsenic" lit. "brass-bad-maker"
>_briktra"da"k_ "tin" lit. "brass-difficult-maker"
>
Enteresting etymologies!
Adam Walker
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