Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Brook Conner wrote:

> There are some people on the net who in fact follow this usage. I.e.,
>
> polygamous  - having multiple spouses (spice :-), no gender specified
> polyandrous - having multiple husbands (i.e., male "spice")
> polygynous  - having multiple wives (i.e., female "spice")
> polyamorous - any or all of the above, plus other stuff too.
>
I wonder what those people on the net would make from the Charyan sexual
mores...  Male partner is _umir_, female partner is _yumir_, making love
is _yavai_, lover _qaivan_ and the ideal marriage, _yemaran_ is between
three people; i.e. not one man with a harem of wives, or a woman with a
'hissem' of men - and both sexes must be represented, because in
infertile marriage is a shame.

Boudewijn Rempt  | http://denden.conlang.org/~bsarempt