Re: Interesting Words

My language, Durana, has 3 words for rain, mist rain, soft rain and down
pour.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliott Lash" <AL260@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting Words


> (that was a stupid subject line I know)
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering about that age old 'language myth' about the many
words for snow in Eskimo. Now of course I know this is untrue, but, does
anyone have a language with a similar group of words with related meanings?
Let me try to demonstrate using Silindion.
>
> The culture of the Silinesti (Silindion speakers) revolves heavily around
the moon. Thus, there are huge amounts of words meaning something to do with
the moon, or various words meaning the 'moon' itself:
>
>
> Words Meaning Moon:
>
> Alarie 'Moon-Goddess'   /a`la:rie/
> lare 'moon'   /`la:re/
> ima 'moon' (poetic) /`i:ma/
> nolima 'white-moon'  (poetic) /no`li:ma/
> silma 'moon' (poetic) /`si:lma/
> Silma-Vaurie 'Moon-Goddess'  /silma`vawrie/
> Meulohyari 'mother of stars' /meuloh`ja:ri/
> niva 'full moon' (religious) /`ni:va/
> nona 'waxing moon' (religious) /`no:na/
> samma 'waning moon' (religious) /`sa:mma/
> parna 'full moon' (scientific) /'pa:rna/
>
> Words Relating To The Moon:
> sil 'moon-sheen' /`si:l/
> silmaroska 'moon-sheen' (poetic)/silma`ro:ska/
> lareisil 'moon-sheen' /`la:res.il/
> lareisilni 'moon-star, evening star' /lare`s.i:lni/
> elkanu 'group of stars, angels of the moon' /El`ka:nu/
> parkoyello 'to make a moon-cycle' (parko`jE:Lo)
> larphara 'month' /lar`fa:ra/
>
> I guess that's it, or at least I can't remember more.
>
> Elliott
>