Re: poetry

On 6 May, Daniel44 wrote:

>I'm wondering, how is the word/concept 'poetry' expressed in other
>languages?
In my conlang, rtemmu, it would be

"rtemmutahfo"

rtem = unit of meaning
-mu = dynamic system of (thus: rtemmu = language)
-tahfo = developing in beauty

thus poetry = a  dynamic system of meanings, developing in beauty.

    As for natlangs, in Israeli Hebrew, poetry is called /Sira/.
A /Sir/ can be either a song or a piece of written/spoken
poetry. (And, IMNSHO, not every song that blasts from loudspeakers
these days is "poetry"!!  ;-)  )
     There is another form, /pijut/, which is used mainly
for poetry of a religious nature. My dictionary gives the origin
of /pijut/ as coming from the Greek "poietes".

Dan Sulani

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