Re: OT: Announcement Follow-up

From: "J Matthew Pearson" <pearson@...>
> David Peterson wrote:
>
> >     Her name?  It remains a mystery; my parents can't make up their
minds.
> > She could be the next Peekaboo Street.  I vote for Gloria, Julia,
Thalia,
> > Ayla or Halah.  What are some of your words for "happiness"?  The ones I
can
> > remember off-hand of mine are /lijiT/ (Wivojs), /hilejfat/ (Megdevi) and
> > /Sej/ (Sunshine).
>
> The Tokana word for happiness is "kestap" (stress on the second syllable),
which
> isn't very pretty, I'm afraid.
I marked out a lot of Hadwan emotion words a while back... these are closest
to happiness:

bioiós        /BjU"ju:s/
   Closer to "satisfaction", really... the enjoyment you get from having
done something right.

iáwós         /jQ:"wu:s/
   Don't know any word for this... probably "awe" or "wonder"..
prototypically it's the feeling of having experienced a miracle.

hilashá       /hIlA"SQ:/
   Happiness, but closer to 'contentment' -- being free of want.

hmíiá         /xmi:"jQ:/
   Literally "laughter".

cirfós        /tsIr"p\u:s/
   Delight or pleasure...

(Half these words end in -ós, stem -ir-, which is a productive ending
something like English -ness... I think verb forms are more likely to be
used for those.)

    *Muke!