Re: You have a word for it?
| From: | Y.Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 7, 2002, 6:52 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: You have a word for it?
> Hmm... Rokbeigalmki also uses the vowels _o_ and _i_ to represent
> masculine and feminine:
> ro.ijh /ro?iZ/ = sibling
> o-ro.ijh /?oro?iZ/ = brother
> i-ro.ijh /?iro?iZ/ = sister
>
> also, IZ 'she' and OZ 'he'. The prefix for feminine used to be _a-_ but
> then i realized that i was just giving in to needless interference from
> natlangs like Spanish and Hebrew, and i changed it to be more symmetrical
> and fit the pronoun system better.
He-he... Still {o} :: {i} opposition as m :: f may be found in Gypsy
(Rromani).
E.g.:
{chavorro} 'boy' :: {chavorry} 'girl'
{terno} 'young' (adj.m.sn) :: {terni} 'young' (adj.f.sn)
> -Stephen (Steg)
Yitzik
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