Conlanging, in plain English.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Occasional Word in Merechi: hlí

hlí  [HLI] ['ɬi] v. drink.


Well, we had lóba, to eat, a while back; now we have hlí, to drink. I was unsure whether to divide up the semantic space this way, and haven't decided for sure where exactly the dividing line between the two words should be. Soup, anyone?


Examples:


['NÈFRI N] ['SO XLI] ['HLI VTE ]

nèfrin sóchli hlív'të: Cats drink with the tongue.


['NIPAN] ['MABEC ['HLI VTE ]

nípan màbë'c hlív'të: Babies drink milk.

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