Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

--- Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> > Japanese already has things like "aoi," doesn't
> > it?
> Yeah.  Strange word.  `Blue or green'.  I never
> understood the theory
> about colours, though it seems typical to have just
> one word for the
> color of grass and of the sky.
I think Yoon Ha might be know the Chinese character
for Japn "aoi" (if you can see this ---> Â)
But there also exists the word "midori" in Japn (the
Chinese character I believe can also me "affinity"
---> —Î), which means a vibrant green, while "blue"
can be also described by the loan katakana word
"buruu" from English.  Then, you've got other colors
like "kon" referring to "navy blue", etc.  I try to
not use "aoi" too much, as it is quite vague!  The
latter words may be newer Jpn words which indicate the
color better... for all that's worth!

Matt

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