periods of the day
| From: | Garrett Jones <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 16:22 |
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This last weekend i invented the periods of the day for Minyeva. They center
around four points of the day: sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight.
fabo: 'night' (midnight - sunrise)
coce: 'morning' (sunrise - noon)
mega: 'afternoon' (noon - sunset)
pito: 'evening' (sunset - midnight)
veva: 'day' (sunrise - sunset); coce + mega
zige: 'night' (sunset - sunrise); pito + fabo
bani: 'day' (midnight - midnight); fabo + coce + mega + pito
seja: 'sunrise'
tilo: 'noon'
vuna: 'sunset'
zoke: 'midnight'
I have two words that translate to 'night' in english, and two words that
translate to 'day'. The word fabo (night after midnight) is a subset of zige
(night). The word veva could also be translated as 'daytime', while bani is
a calendar day.
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Garrett Jones
http://www.alkaline.org
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