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Re: esa emban wa waesa nkhara goshu

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 6:03
Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:

> --- Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> > wrote: > > > a new conlang has reared its ugly head in my > > conworld of Yhe Ghye-Ineat, The > > World of Light, blood dripping from its mouth > > from its latest kill, and the > > sweetest smile upon its dial. > > > > Its name is above - to wit: > > esa emban wa waesa > > this/the speech/language of/from -or > > (preposed actor particle) > > > > nkhara goshu > > to hunt free > > > > The speech/language of the Free Huntresses. > > Whenever anyone uses a curiously moded word like > huntress, we have to ask about the L1 it's > translated from. The interlinear notes only agent > particle plus infinitive yields noun. Is the > feminine basic a normal feature of this language,
Yes. The society's the same as the matriarchal (crocuta-based GE/M-ed human) Lakhabrech one I've previously talked about; this is just a different branching of it. I submitted a story in the basic Lakhabrech cycle to an online SF mag, and though they didn't take it, the discussion with the editor triggered some more creativity.
> such that the male form is especially marked? If > there are any, how is "male hunter" realised?
By a preposed particle marking "masculine" - "iro" iro waesa nkhara (male) (-or) to hunt interposing it eg, waesa iro nkhara, makes an absurdity; postposing it eg waesa nkara iro makes yet another absurdity, because iro is the root/stem for "masculinity", "male", etc, and you can't have a naked root/stem as an object - which is how it would sound.
> > > The most interesting feature is that it has a > > CVCV pattern for verbs - nkhara > > Suppose that N is not syllabic here!
It's treated by the language's native speakers in the way that Fijian treats the nasal-plosive/dental consonantal combination - as a single consonant.
> > > So there are > > some stories about their adventures and > > misadventures and the establishment > > of the first midwife when it became apparent > > that that was where the power lay ... ;^) > > Interesting! You'll have to tell us more about > these power wielding midwives.
Shoot through to http://masalai.free.fr/ The two Lakhabrech stories I've got there are a start, but only on the Great South Sea (Inland Sea, I might add) people. esa waesa nkhara goshu - the Free Huntresses - live in the Northern Hemisphere in a plateau that winds down into a valley that leads to a small inland sea that touches the Arctic Circle. One of the people there - a venya (strongwoman/chieftainess) rejoicing in the name of Nu Kra'Yishela Venya; people have alleged she gave herself that name, because "kra" is "shapely" and "yishela" is "body" - has already turned up in a previous posting, along with some details about her language. esa waesa nkara goshu have been enemies with atai waesa nkara en dare - those Enslaved Huntreses; the people of Nu Kra'Yishela Venya - for around forty thousand years. Wesley Parish
> > Padraic. > > > > ===== > la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben > trasfu. > > > -- > > Ill Bethisad -- > <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> > > > Come visit The World! -- > <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> > > > > > > > > . >
"I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon.