Re: Some Mujai Idioms

--- In conlang@y..., Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@C...> wrote:
> I love idioms...
Me too!  Me too!  =)

I don't have too many right now, though.  In fact, the only idioms
coined in Obrenje so far are:

/"le:ts.rO.zEN.kjO."ba:.ja/
Letce    ro  xen     kjobaja.
Stick_0  in  poss_I  head_of_hair.
Lit: It sticks in my hair.
"It bothers me."

/ta."sal.mO.In."lu:ja/
Tasalmo            i    en        luja.
Not_be_worth_IIIe  ACC  poss_III  water.
Lit: He/She isn't worth his water.
"He/she isn't worth his salt."

This one comes from Casan, the arid province of Obrenaja.  They don't
really recycle corpse water though, as the Fremen would.  =P


As for yours:


> gakur mar gi/gu
> to read foot his/her
> To read one's foot
> To be depressed.
Ooh, good one.  =)


> hanggur fukra
> To give obsidian
> To be very successful.
Do they use obsidian as a currency, or as an offering to some deity?


> fadgur kutu wu
> To roll up net your
> To roll up your net
> To finish your sentence for you.
Nice one too.


-- Christian Thalmann

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