Re: strange distinctions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 23, 2001, 23:46 |
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Dan Jones wrote:
> Do any other conlangs have this sort of word?
Uatakassí has _sunaplafubláfu_, derived from the verb _plafubláfu_ "to
speak nonsense, to mutter, to be incomprehensible". Sunaplafubláfu thus
means "One who speaks unintelligibly". Of course, with the Kassí
worldview, that's pretty much synonymous with "barbarian". :-) But, a
foreigner who actually spoke good Uatakassí would probably not be called
_sunaplafubláfu_
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