Re: CHAT Bethesda et al. (was: Brithenig-heads)

Dan Rex:
> And Rosta wrote:
> > (Oddly, I've always associated "beth" with 'sheep', probably because of
> > "O little lamb of Bethlehem", and the onomatopoeia of [bE].)
>
> If you're talking about the carol, surely you mean "O little _town_ of
> Bethlehem"?
So I do. Why do I associate _Bethlehem_ with sheep, then?

> ObConlang: I chose to go for onomatopoeia when I devised the Kansu name for
> sheep: ma:la. I think the Quenya for sheep is ma, too.
Livagian is, I think, fmeye. One possible realization of that is [MmE],
where M is a voicelessm, and E is creaky.

--And.