Re: Butterflies
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 16:10 |
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Hey.
Miapimoquitch has _lelappi_ ["l14appi:] for 'butterfly'. The stem
_lela_ is unanalyzable; the suffix -ppi is a lexical suffix meaning
something like "flying, buzzing thing". It shows up on _sei(ppi)_
'honeybee', _ngippi_ 'boxelder bug', _pappi_ 'bumblebee', _pippi_
'fly', _huppi_ 'gnat', _tsippi_ or _tsiwippi_ 'hummingbird', and
_ngeppi_ 'mosquito'. (All examples are given in my romanization, in
which <ng> is the velar nasal and <e> is a high back unrounded vowel.)
Dirk
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 03:54 AM, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> In the recent discussion of words for "butterfly", I noticed two
> things-
> 1) Words for butterfly often contain labial sounds
> 2) An element of reduplication is frequently present.
>
> I have therefore decided that the Khangaþyagon for butterfly will be
> "babal" (pronounced [b&b&l]). What are other people's words for
> butterfly?
>
> Pete
>
>
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Dirk Elzinga
Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu
"I believe that phonology is superior to music. It is more variable and
its pecuniary possibilities are far greater." - Erik Satie
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