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Re: Birth-related vocabulary?

From:Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>
Date:Saturday, August 18, 2007, 20:03
--- caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
wrote:

> Great inspiration!
...
> I'm prompted to increase my list:
Likewise! Here, in the end, are all my birth/reproduction words in Franj. * represents a new coinage: *afterbirth sonon (m) [vulgar when used of humans rather than animals] baby, infant bebei (m) *birth tutlat (m) to give birth tutur to be born tutulur bottle buas bebeix (m) *to break the waters luazur lis asus (intres) *to break (the waters) (lis asus intres) a zaluazur breast la màme *to breastfeed essùcùr *breech presentation persentànc dis bots [lit. “presentation of the boots”] child bala (m) *colostrum uhs (m) to conceive tucur un bala *contraction erpresse *to have contractions erpressenùr *to crown paratur *delivery room bùlime de la baucat to ejaculate jucur *epidural perdùreile (f) labour baucat (m) to be in labour baucur, erpressenùr *meconium uhspuq (m) [uhs (colostrum) + boqh (faeces)] *midwife mer sàpe (f) [lit. “wise mother’] milk cùs (f) mother mer (f) *nappy/diaper moxate (f) [lit. “little towel”] nipple pejell (f) *to ovulate ovasur *ovum ova (m) penis xot (m) *placenta plasonton (m) pregnant qancant, tavant to be pregnant aijur (old-fashioned); tavur (esp. “tavur un bala”) to become pregnant tùcùr a tavanc *presentation persentànc *to push baucur scrotum krotal (m) *semen seme (f) to suck bibùr *testicle orxa (m) twins egàzes (m.pl), sing. egàz; ikejes (f.pl), sing. ikeje *uterus uture (f) [medical term]; cf jetir vagina pùse (f) womb jetir (m) [usual word]; cf uture And all of this Franj neologism brings me to only 3 words short of 3200. Yay! Geoff ===== Lost in thought - please send out search party ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html