Re: Ablaut/Gender[was Re: A Conlang by de group:

In a message dated 10/10/98 7:09:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Mathias M.
Lassailly writes:

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>  > >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.
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>  > >nahiko-meal
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>  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] then 'lam' basically meaning 'that which is specifically made to
be seen' could mean 'visual art', including film and painting.  this would
require some memorization  of course but I did not personally  get ino
conlanging because i dislike memorization.
pacs precs
Joe Mondello