Matt Pearson wrote:
> ObConlang: Has anyone come up with any interesting systems for
representing
> direction and orientation? Tokana has terms for left and right, and for
the
> major points of the compass, but the Tokana generally make reference to
local
> landmarks in giving directions. As they live in a fertile coastal region,
most
> of their direction terms refer to bodies of water--e.g., "towards the
ocean",
> "away from the ocean", "towards the nearest river", "away from the nearest
> river", "away from the nearest river", "upstream", and "downstream".
The people who spoke Kansú used to live on the southern coastal plain of
Cendos- between the Pelesosian mountains and the Cansorian sea. Therefore
the Kansú word for "south" is háçetu, literally "the place of the sea", from
háço. The word for "north" is ónditu, from óndu "mountain". The word for
"east" has not survived and vyosa "west" is presumed to be a loan-word.
Dan
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La plus belle fois qu'on m'a dit
"je t'aime"
c'était un mec
qui me l'a dit...
Francis Lalane
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