Re: question about (Navajo-like) vocab

Trebor Jung wrote:

> Merhaba!
>
> In Navajo, most nouns are composed of words describing how the noun works or
> what it does: so 'lemon' is 'the yellow plant that is being sour'. Could
> anybody give me more examples, and an approximate list of the number of
> necessary roots, or a list thereof?
You're in luck. My main conlang, N!à, works that way. Some examples include
it-burns(fire), reptile-that-withdraws-to-safety(turtle), and
it-carries-and-shakes-one(car, a reference to how riding a car feels).