Re: Ke'kh

In a message dated 2000:09:19 10:52:27 AM, hsteoh@QUICKFUR.YI.ORG writes:

>LOL!! I have 7 verbs so far, and this is the only "violent" verb :-) The
>other verbs are:
>        Kr0's   /k<h>*.Os/ (Kirsh) to decorate, to beautify, or to write
>                in the color-pattern based writing system
>        ta'ma   /t]ama/ to speak, to say
>        le's    /lEs/ to go, to move, to travel
>        ree's   /*.E:s/ to hasten, to move quickly; when used
>                comparatively, means to move faster than "le's".
>        fa't3   /FatV"/ to appear to, to be seen (the actual meaning is
>                "to see", but because the language uses different case
>                markings than one would expect, the English gloss is
>                probably better in the passive)
>        be'jh   /bEC<vcd>/ to give (as a present), or to send (a gift).
>                Implies an intimacy between sender and recipient; another
>                verb (haven't actually come up with it yet) is used for
>                more impersonal giving.
>
    I have always had the theory that one could get a very partial idea of a
culture's priorities by the verbs it used the most. This of course changes
with the culture's development(s) - sometimes slowly, sometimes drastically
rapid.
    I think the use(s) of adjectives have clues to a culture's predominant
aesthetics.

    Of course this is purely debateable empirical data. There tends to be
marked differences in literate societies between everyday usage (spoken) and
written.

    czHANg