Joe wrote :
Mathias M.
> Lassailly writes:
>
> >
> > > >nuiko-eating utensils [instruments of eating]
> >
> > You mean your stomach ? :-)
>
> this would of course reflect the exact meaning of the language's equivalent
> of "to eat". you may be thinking of to digest.
That's the problem with making verbs from nominal roots of 'instruments' :
A stomach has no other 'function' than digesting
A stair is to go down and up
Is the function of a mouth 'to mouth' ?
Of a knife : 'to cut', 'to stab', 'to peal' ?
The more you try to precise, the more you specialize.
> >
> > > >nahiko-meal
> >
> > You mean the action of eating ?
>
> more like the occasion of eating.
>
> of course not every verb has equivalents such as "to eat", which is why ablaut
> often entails a bit of creative thinking, for example, if 'nek' is 'to eat'
> and 'lem' is 'to see', while nak means food [that which is SPECIFICALLY MADE
> TO BE eaten]
Or : 'what is processed through eating' ;-)
I agree with you : nominal roots imply a 'temptative' mood and usually put aside
chrono-experience like you can see in Pablo's example of 'biting vs. biting
mark'.
> then 'lam' basically meaning 'that which is specifically made to
> be seen' could mean 'visual art', including film and painting.
ditto
this would
> require some memorization of course but I did not personally get ino
> conlanging because i dislike memorization.
> pacs precs
> Joe Mondello
>
I got into conlanging because I couldn't refrain from thinking of Illusion of Wor(l)d.
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