Re: Some Mujai Idioms
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 6:08 |
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Matthew Pearson wrote:
> --- You wrote:
> hanggur fukra
> To give obsidian
> To be very successful.
> --- end of quote ---
>
> 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".
>
Ooooh. I love that derivation. I might take the derviation as a poetic
kenning in Mujai, once I have a word for "midnight" -- or "glass."
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