Re: MeloChalaka

--- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/23/01 6:57:49 PM,
> florarroz@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> << ri = rise (like to get up from a chair)
> then logically
> siri would be a sort of emphasis on the rising
> action
> BUT would snyiri (cyclical) mean getting up and
> down?
> What about niri (waning)?  Getting up slowly?
>  >>
>
>     This could just indicate the opposite in this
> position.  So, "niri" would
> be to sit, or to lie down.  If you did this, then
> the prefix would be less
> transparent, and make this particular aspect more
> rich and unpredictable.
Hmm  I like this idea.

> put their finger on it.  I've been working on doing
> something like this with
> Gweydr.  It makes languages seem more like languages
> and less like Pidgins or
> Creoles.
How are you doing it in Gweydr?  Can you be more
specific or give examples?

>     So, "to sit down"; that's my suggestion.  :)
Well, I didn't know what to do, so I took it to my
speakers.  I had a hard time explaining it (they can
be rather thick headed sometimes) but was finally able
to get the idea across.  I am sorry to say they didn't
like it.  They said that if they say "raise" they want
to mean rise, not rise or sit down.  If I wanted to
make a word for sit down, why didn't I just use plak
(sit down)?  Well, I like the idea of tweaking the
meaning of the word, like how you said it, but I think
I won't be able to do it for this word.  But I am
going to keep it in mind.  I may be able to slip it
past the speakers on another verb.  We'll see.

Thanks,

Heather

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