Near-synonym listing

Started by 'Oma Tirea, October 05, 2010, 02:17:16 AM

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'Oma Tirea

Examples:

na/pxel
hawnu/tìhawnu si (this one is strange because they're both based on hawnu)
nìn/tìng nari
way/tìrol
stawm/tìng mikyun
tsawl/apxa

...any others found out there?

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There will likely be more details coming out soon, but briefly...

na / pxel - these are synonyms, though na is more common
nìn / tìng nari - nìn is always look at something, but there is a little more to it. tìng nari can be look at something, but it is a subtle difference.
hawnu / tìhawnu - synonyms, different grammatical usage
way / tìrol - way is more of an ancient/historical song, while tìrol is more day to day

the other two pairs are not quite so related.

stawm / tìng mikyun - listening is not hearing any more than looking is seeing
tsawl / apxa - tsawl is big in size, apxa is more metaphorically big (its possible I am wrong about apxa being linited to metaphore, but tsawl is limited in use to actual size)
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What would tawnerkup mean?  <awn> doesn't usually make sense in an intransitive verb.  Even tuserkup would mean something different than kerusey.

Tute atuserkup is a dying person.
Tute akerusey is a not living person.

The big difference is die is an event, live is a state.
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