Re: Tong-cho-la, a philosophical language

Andrew Nowicki wrote:

AN> Is there any difference between your
AN> classifier+description/function and Ygyde?

mathias wrote:

m> I don't know. You tell me. :-)

Compound Ygyde words are made from roots taken from
adjective table and noun table. The first letter of
the word determines part of speech and which tables
the roots are taken from. Examples:
actor = ynyja = "noun false craftsman"
to freeze = iguky = "verb liquid rigid solid"

It seems to me that this method of making
compound words does not have any disadvantages.

m> Long small cavity? "Ydidasa" definitely means
m> "nostril" or "mineshaft", not "groove" ;-)

"Nostril" is a hole not a groove. Besides, all anatomical
parts of humans and animals have root word "pa"
(pa = anatomical part of a multicellular animal).

"Mineshaft" is a big cavity. It would have root word
"ba" which means "geological".

AN> The taxonomical conlangs do not have this
AN> flexibility, so they give very similar
AN> names to different vegetables.

m> Like Ro "salad" and "cabbage"? ;-)

Yes.

m> Fortunately natlang systems have already experienced
m> this for millenaries and stabilized to what are most
m> efficient and reasonable starting points. "Groove" is
m> precisely one of the jouyou kanji entries and is used
m> to make SJ words like "orbit", "rut", "lane", etc.
m> Too bad Ygyde's "groove" is already 3 or 4-syllable long

I doubt that the root word "groove" would be used as often
as the "cavity" root word. Words "orbit" and "lane" have
little in common with the word "groove". Ygyde's roots
"ni" = path, trajectory, and "ju" = road are more apt.
Please read more about Ygyde before you criticise it.
Ygyde description: http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm
Ygyde dictionary: http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyded.htm

Natlangs were made to describe demons and animals. When they
describe modern world they sound like "life insurance salesman".