Re: metaphors?

In a message dated 11/14/01 5:42:40 AM, dreamertwo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< >ObConlang: What are particularly colorful or vivid metaphors in your
>conlangs, if they exist?

WHat meanst thou by this writing?  If truely thou dost mean metaphor paltry
few have I to offer but if mayhap thos meanst more generally an figure of
speech then can I give thee ensamples to entertain thee. >>

    I remember the first time this was posted I refrained from posting
anything because all of my languages are just swimming in metaphors--both
common and not.  Since I have triconsonantal roots and fixed forms for
different types of nouns, it can lead to neat metaphors.  For instance, I
have dozens of words for "sky" all derived from different roots using the
place noun.  So, the roots for "star", "cloud", "fog", "rain", "sun", "moon",
"wind" and others all have a word associated with them meaning "sky" in the
place noun category.  The human noun of the verb "to crawl" is another word
for "baby"; the transitive verb form of the word "cheek" (on the face) means
"to embrace"; the verb form of the word "lion" means "to roar"; and then the
root /n-j-k/ has lots of oddities: the prepositional form means "now"; the
verbal noun form is "the present"; the intransitive verb is "to happen"; the
transitive verb form is "to cause"; the object noun form is an event; the day
form is "today"; the utility noun form is a cause; the transitive utility
noun form is a motive.  And then someday I'll showcase what I've done with
derivational morphology in Mbasa.  ;)

-David

"s&m raSalo SirejsatIm, spAjs Zi v&TIl dZaGagzaZA."
"If it keeps on rainin', the levee's going to break."
        --Led Zeppelin