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Re: poetry

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Monday, May 7, 2001, 2:30
>I'm wondering, how is the word/concept 'poetry' expressed in other >languages?
Kash (conlang): kotrinju [ko.tri.ndZu], a compound of kota 'word' and rinju(ra) ' 'music' In the natlangs I can think of, by some form of the Latin/Greek word poesia (?), including Indonesian puisi (though specific forms have native names).