Re: Some Mujai Idioms
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 8:05 |
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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
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