Guess the Word in Romlangs
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Clever! But no.
Hint 1: invaza is not simply the generic word for any bladed weapon.
Hint 2: there need not be, and usually is not, any actual physical knife involved in this action
Hint 1: invaza is not simply the generic word for any bladed weapon.
Hint 2: there need not be, and usually is not, any actual physical knife involved in this action
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He will sting me?
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Is there necessarily anything physical involved at all? Could it be something like "he will insult me"?
Edit: Actually, what you've written here seems to suggest that, while there usually is not, there could be some physical stabbing involved, so perhaps not.
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Yes, there can be a literal knife involved... but these days, there virtually never is.
I'd also suggest: think about what sort of knife an invaza might be, and who might have one, and why. [and to forestall the next guess: no, it's not a razor, although that would have been a good idea if I'd thought of it...]
I'd also suggest: think about what sort of knife an invaza might be, and who might have one, and why. [and to forestall the next guess: no, it's not a razor, although that would have been a good idea if I'd thought of it...]
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He will mug/rob me?
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Basing this on the Wikipedia page for "navaja", the Spanish novaculum, it appears to have gotten a reputation with "gamblers, rogues, ruffians, and thugs", and was used to enforce gambling debts and... well murder. It was "adopted as a fighting knife by the peoples of Andalusia in southern Spain, including the Spanish gypsies of the day, the Gitanos". Based on that, I think I'm gonna say "he will scam me", since Des guessed "rob/mug" already
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I'll take "scam" as close enough. The semantic area is primarily focused on "betray", but "scam", "dupe", "con", "turn on", "doublecross", "fail to support" and "renege" would all fit. The core metaphor here is of a ne'er-do-well stabbing someone in the back with a small, concealable knife/dagger. Well done!qwed117 wrote: ↑26 Apr 2020 19:53 Basing this on the Wikipedia page for "navaja", the Spanish novaculum, it appears to have gotten a reputation with "gamblers, rogues, ruffians, and thugs", and was used to enforce gambling debts and... well murder. It was "adopted as a fighting knife by the peoples of Andalusia in southern Spain, including the Spanish gypsies of the day, the Gitanos". Based on that, I think I'm gonna say "he will scam me", since Des guessed "rob/mug" already
However: only 75% of the words in "he will scam/backstab me" are correct...
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Ah I was initially thinking "backstabbing" but I felt that that was too literal, when you wrote "there virtually never is" and mentioned "what sort of a knife an invaza might be".
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Looking back, I don't think it was established what -òt indicates, but:
And now, if "will" is indeed the word that's incorrect, I suppose that means that it doesn't mark the future.
Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but might All4Ɇn have meant "indicative" instead of "infinitive"? In that case, is -òt either a past or perfect indicative marker?
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Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but might All4Ɇn have meant "indicative" instead of "infinitive"? In that case, is -òt either a past or perfect indicative marker?
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Hmm. is s- from is? If not does it then come from a Latin pronoun?
And just to clarify, we're under the presumption that habet doesn't mark person, and that um- is from mē or mihī and denotes an object role.
And just to clarify, we're under the presumption that habet doesn't mark person, and that um- is from mē or mihī and denotes an object role.
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No.shimobaatar wrote: ↑26 Apr 2020 21:19 Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but might All4Ɇn have meant "indicative" instead of "infinitive"? In that case, is -òt either a past or perfect indicative marker?
qwed: s- is not from 'is'. It does not come from a Latin pronoun.
Correct, habet does not mark person (it did, once, but it's become regularised as a tense marker), and um- is indeed from me or mihi, and does denote an object role.
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ok, so habet forms a future tense, like in most Romance languages? Does s- come from illōs or eccum illōs, and if so does that mean "they will backstab me"
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Correct!
Well done.
Well done.