Re: Missing Words

David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 03/12/02 5:29:19 PM, matthew.bladen@BTOPENWORLD.COM
> writes:
>
>> << This isn't the boldest step in the world, I know, but I thought I'd
>> bring it up to ask a more general question: what words have other
>> conlangers felt able to do away with, and why? By 'do away with' I
>> mean 'not represent, not have exist' as opposed to expressing notions
>> via cases and whatnot. I suppose definite and indefinite articles are
>> the most obvious. >>
>
>     For Kamakawi, I don't have a word "and" in any sense, but I do have
> words that perform its function--does this not count?
    Gladilatian, besides not having any verbs, doesn't have a word which
covers all of, or even most of, the meanings of the English "of".  It has,
instead:

fet   with respect to
frat  containing, having as a part of
hfy   derived from
hre   from
hya   user of, using (for the purpose of using)
me    associated with
mnat  composed of, divided into, divided by
mza   directed to
rlet  for the benefit of
se    under the control of
so    part of
wuk   having as a quality or attribute
xve   user of, using (as an aid for something else)

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                 Dennis Paul Himes    <>    himes@cshore.com
                   http://home.cshore.com/himes/dennis.htm
        Gladilatian page: http://home.cshore.com/himes/glad/lang.htm

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