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Re: weekly vocab

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Saturday, March 30, 2002, 19:16
    Good Idea, Aidan...  Aum-Ur: _ xrex mem', Aadaan_/krek mem_h,
a~da~n/_xrex_ from Greek _kregyos_ ("good, useful"), _mem'_ from "meme"

    As my orthography for Aum-Ur is in major (r)evolution ... Sooo... X-SAMPA
& semi-English-f(r)ied Aum-Ur will hafta do.

> 1. birch (the tree)
/v_hraks.i/ "v'raxsi", from IndoEuropean _*bhrag-s-_, Latin _fraxinus_, "ash-tree"
> 2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
/uld.h_hna~r/ "uldh'naar" from the old Nordic _uldhnar_ "wolfmen" (<= ?) /man.n3:`.v_hund/ "mann.urv'und" from Germanic _mannerbund_ /ma~rud_h.na~/ "maarud'naa " from Hindu "Maruts", from Near East _mariannu_, from Greek "Myrmidons" all are names for the terrifying Indo-European warriors - called in Old German "berskirs" ("bear-skinned") - who fought like wolves, possessed with the spirit(s) of _furor heroicus_, and without armor
> 3. to save (money)
/kre.a. moni soLo/ "xrea-moni-solo" make-money-whole(alone) from Greco-Latin _krea_, mix of IndoEuropean causative *_mon-eyo-_ & Latin _m onere_, mix of IndoEuropean *_sol-_ and Greek _holos_
> 4. to conquer
_vikr-kwar_ prob'ly "vik'ra" from IndoEuropean/Sanskrit "vigr" /"vighira" (fight, conquer/victor[y]/vigor) + kwar (war/confusion, mix up/quarrel)
> 5. motif
/mem_h. su.tra/ "mem'-sutra" = meme: "concept/memory/thought/idea" + "thread" Hanuman Zhang {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n dZahN/ __ __ _ __ _ __ __ __ _ __ _ ___ ___ _ CENTO: twinkle twinkle lil stars Un COUP De DéS ... JAMAIS ... N'ABOLIRA ... Le HASARD <> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! O! Notte stellata... matematica... les astres sont le silencieux orchestre des mondes in connus OM ... m'illumino d' immenso... OM