Re: Butterflies

Livagian _thloerkhri_ [4_o @ r_o i]. Includes moths.

> 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?

Reply