Re: Categories in Lingua Ignota (was RE: LeGuin (was: a 12th century conlang))
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 26, 1999, 15:51 |
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On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, FFlores wrote:
> dantur "king"
> danteumus "prince"
> danteuvas "princess"
Is there also "danteus" meaning "child of a king"?
Is there any difference in the *treatment* of princes and princesses,
i.e. does the kingship pass to the eldest son by default, and only to
the eldest daughter if there are no sons, or are all royal offspring
created equal? I'd expect the former, as you wrote that it's a
patriarchal society.
Irina
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