Re: CHAT: The Conlang Instinct

Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett@...> comunu:

> It's also interesting to note that when the normal "ma / pa" pattern is
broken,
> it often becomes "pa / ma".
These patterns are so widespread that in Dublex I decided to form the
epicene (all Dublex nouns are epicene) as a joining of them:

map:  parent -- a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to
a child
[Blend of English 'ma' & 'pa', which have many cognates throughout the world
(/m*-/ for "mother" is extremely widespread). Reversal of Acadon 'pa' & 'ma'
combination.]

meap [< *maap, parent/diminutive] stepparent
muap [parent/augmentative] grandparent
moap [parent/masculine]  father
miap [parent/feminine]  mother

Best regards,

Jeffrey Henning
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