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Lao Kou

... are there any lexemes that are <báo mǔ> in Pinyin that we can add? 薄? 雹? I think what Shemtov was asking, if I've understood correctly, was if there were other words bǎomǔ or báomǔ in Mandarin. There certainly may well be, but nothing else springs to mind, and I'm not particularly inclined to l...

Lao Kou

OMG!! Just found out about this mere moments ago! Put it somewhere else if it fits:

鸨母 [bǎo mǔ] - procuress, madam (of a brothel)
褓姆/保姆 [bǎo mǔ] - nanny, nursemaid

Lao Kou

稲子豆 inagaumamée - carob 稲子/蝗 inagaue - locust 霧笛 moutéquie - foghorn ( Bringing the English dictionary count to 666 [}:D]) So nice to see Japoné語 again, even if the Beast is tagging along! Thanks. One was able to move away from the Evil One today. Following 霧笛 yesterday, I ended up on the train to ...

Lao Kou

霧笛 moutéquie - foghorn . . . leghorn? Ah no, I say, no suh. This: https://tse2-mm.cn.bing.net/th?id=OIP.y4_M-dGRQWEoKTPB_Bk-YQAAAA&w=246&h=178&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7 https://tse3-mm.cn.bing.net/th?id=OIP.GWK7E9JXBmAdzcQ1XcyyywHaHa&w=191&h=191&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7 and not...

Lao Kou

DesEsseintes wrote: ↑06 Aug 2018 10:15
Lao Kou wrote: ↑06 Aug 2018 09:46 Pulled Japoné語 out of mothballs and added three words: carob, locust, and foghorn.
Inago, inago...

稲子豆 inagaumamée - carob
稲子/蝗 inagaue - locust
霧笛 moutéquie - foghorn

(Bringing the English dictionary count to 666

)

Lao Kou

Pulled Japoné語 out of mothballs and added three words: carob, locust, and foghorn.

Lao Kou

Would anyone care if I started conlanging again The obvious answer is a resounding "yes"; you are a valued member of our community and we always look forward to your projects, insights, and comments. The less-than-obvious answer is: "Why are you framing this as a pass-agg question?&q...

Lao Kou

吹 doesn't have "to whistle" as a translation, but "to play a wind instrument". Well, thanks I guess. Well, it wouldn't. The primary translation of 吹 in English is "blow". Winds blow (using 吹), and wind instruments involve blowing, so "blow" for "'play' a...

Lao Kou

:chn: Mandarin (attempt) 男人一边走在街道上，一边呼啸一支快乐的曲。 Nánrén yībiān zŏu zài jiēdào shàng, yībiān hūxiào yīzhī kuàilè de qū. A man came walking down the street, whistling a happy tune. First things first: 1) 呼啸：the component characters kind of tell you where you're going with this verb (海啸 is a tidal wave)...

Lao Kou

shanoxilt wrote: ↑30 Jul 2018 06:47It is just a seal with varying interpretations. It could represent the convergence of the animacies, or the nine original founders, or the complexity of the culture. What does it bring to your mind?

Lao Kou

Oh, of course it is! I just mean that, for many of us, it's not easy to get past the phonology, not that we're not interested in theoretically doing so. Creative block is a menace! I appreciate this. But for me, and I don't consider myself clinically insane, Géarthnuns just wouldn't shut the f***k ...

Lao Kou

Welcome to the CBB, samsam! So stop stopping at phonology and get on with the conlanging already. Much more easily said than done for many of us, unfortunately. For me, a language is a lot more than its phonology and phonotactics. And while the "How to" books tell you to start here, I'd b...

Lao Kou

Conlangslangs: everytime I stop to phonology. I make vocabulary by pré-made lists instead of making words when I have an idea. So stop stopping at phonology and get on with the conlanging already. [:)] ( Believe it or not, conlanging can be a pleasant creative experience, and not, as is often presu...

Lao Kou

Welcome samsam!

Lao Kou

RITE So ar u for or agenst reforming inglishe spelling, and if in favor, wat tipe of reform would u aprove of? "Are you for or agin us?" puts it in such dire terms. I'm not diametrically opposed to reform an sich (though the term "updating" sounds a little less authoritarian tha...

Lao Kou

The Géarthnuns septimal number only has distinct forms in the nominative and accusative; for the rest of the paradigm, you can only use the plural.

Lao Kou

The 60s and 70s wer a time of lifting bans: wimmen wer alowd to hav a drivers licence or getting a job without the autorization of thare husbands, in the USA blaks wer alowd to sit beside wites in the bus and do evrything wites wer alowd to do, homosexuals wer alowd to liv thare lives the way they ...

Lao Kou

Well, I haven't done any research on the Chinese, but "chakra" is also a cognate of "wheel", so there's some connection with initial palatal sounds. Well, that's fun. The Wikipedia article on "Chakra" links chakra etymologically to wheel , according to Frits Staal. Lin...

Lao Kou

Chinese 車 and English wheel , it is possible that the Chinese word was ultimately a borrowing from a word for wheel from Indo-European languages And the translation. Bing thinks it means “car”. They also gave a pronunciation, which I don’t feel competent to write down. But it’s not the one GrandPia...

Lao Kou

And a Leventine Arab joke, from my Levantine Arabic book: Juḥa and his were walking back to Juḥa's home. When they came near, a wind blew one of Juḥa's shirts off the clothes line. Juḥa began shouting "Laḥamdullāh, Laḥamdullāh, Laḥamdullāh!" Juḥa's friend said "Are you crazy? Why are...

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