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Re: Some Mujai Idioms

From:jogloran <exponent@...>
Date:Sunday, December 9, 2001, 7:19
Thomas R. Wier <trwier@M...> wrote:
> Quoting Matthew Pearson <Matthew.Pearson@D...>: > > > 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". > > I've been meaning to ask you about this: where'd you get > the coda /h/? Is there a story behind that? (Navaho has > that.)
Yes, it's a distinctive sound in that position (although it seems like it's always .. > .. > h > 0) :P Imperative