Re: Some Mujai Idioms

>From: Matthew Kehrt <matrix14@...>
>Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 10:56:49 -0500
>
<major snipage>

>On a similar not, bronze is 'rodhereg', /rQD.Er'Eg/, which is
>'strong-gold'.
>-M
>
Well, I don't think I have any gem names in Graavgaaln as yet, but I do have
several metals. Gold is vezh.  Copper is dhe^rrvezh -- red gold.  Bronze is
dhe^rrdhaat -- literrally "the red one".  Silver is pruuv. Platinum is
drraag pruuv -- heavy silver.  Mercury is pruuvmelti^ntu^ -- silver water.

I also have words for iron, sulfur, sodium, cobalt, hydrogen, carbon,
oxygen, uranium, silicon, aluminum, and the alloy steel.  I'm missing the
rest of the periodic table and all jewel materials.  I doubt that abmer
exists and I'm not sure that there are such things as pearls, but the others
should all have names.  I think I'll start with one of my favorites --
Tanzanite . . . *going off to ponder*

adam

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