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becka_sutton) wrote2012-12-09 07:18 pm
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Conlanging the Opal Mask - donkey carry and another type of booze - Lexember Post Seven
And it's all to do with donkeys - yes even the booze.
At the point in their history when they are speaking this language these people have only a few domesticated animals - the dog, the ferret, the goat, various poultry and the donkey - which is their primary beast of burden
Which probably explains why they get their verb for carry from their word for donkey.
Donkey - rekklapʰak gives rekklaot.
Their donkeys are similar in size to the Catalan Donkey which is about as large as donkeys get and comparable with a large pony. As of this point they haven't encountered horse but once they their name for horse will mean "small-eared donkey".
Now on to the new booze.
They obtain milk from both their goats and their donkeys. The goat's milk is usually made into yogurt and labneh (strained yogurt) while the donkey milk is fermented into a drink that's similar to Kumis (donkey's milk having a very similar make-up to mare's milk) which is the primary drink of children because it's lower in alcohol than mead or beer, is nutritious and safer than water.
The name for this drink is kisatago from kisapʰak meaning milk (they consider milk animate - in retrospect I think honey/blood should be amadpʰak not amaddzla). I'll sort out their words for goats, yogurt and labneh another day.
Note to self - get all these words into the lexicon pronto.
At the point in their history when they are speaking this language these people have only a few domesticated animals - the dog, the ferret, the goat, various poultry and the donkey - which is their primary beast of burden
Which probably explains why they get their verb for carry from their word for donkey.
Donkey - rekklapʰak gives rekklaot.
Their donkeys are similar in size to the Catalan Donkey which is about as large as donkeys get and comparable with a large pony. As of this point they haven't encountered horse but once they their name for horse will mean "small-eared donkey".
Now on to the new booze.
They obtain milk from both their goats and their donkeys. The goat's milk is usually made into yogurt and labneh (strained yogurt) while the donkey milk is fermented into a drink that's similar to Kumis (donkey's milk having a very similar make-up to mare's milk) which is the primary drink of children because it's lower in alcohol than mead or beer, is nutritious and safer than water.
The name for this drink is kisatago from kisapʰak meaning milk (they consider milk animate - in retrospect I think honey/blood should be amadpʰak not amaddzla). I'll sort out their words for goats, yogurt and labneh another day.
Note to self - get all these words into the lexicon pronto.
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