Re: Some Mujai Idioms

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 03:05:20 EST, J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:

>In a message dated 08.12.2001 05:59:37 PM, Matthew.Pearson@DIRECTORY.REED.EDU
>writes:
>
>>No idioms to contribute right now, but I just wanted to say that I'm very
>>proud of the Tokana word for obsidian, "ehunmehtilas" [E.hun.mEh.ti.'las].
>>It means "midnight glass".
>
>    Niceness. ::bein' the obsessive linguavore that I tend to try to be, I am
>now frikkin' curious how other NatLangs AND Conlangs name obsidian... and
>amber, opal, jade, etc..& how they say things like "opalescent" and
>"iridescent", etc.::
>
>    czHANg
I don't have any of these yet, but I have a Tirèlhat word for "agate":
"xarik" (x=[dz]).