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Re: [romconlang] Call for opinions: word for "now"



--- eamoniski <robertg@hidden.email> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> In creating the words for "now," I've generated the
> following:
> 
> (well now! then in that case, etc.) = alora < ad
> illa hora
> (right now) = manutenendo < manu + tenendo
> (at present, nowadays) = simera < Greek
> 
> I'm also keen to give a shorter option to
> manutenendo; I've jammed
> together demonstratives and arrived at the following
> options: istora,
> ecilora, ipsora... the etymologies should be pretty
> transparent.  I'm
> leaning towards ipsora... I don't know, it just
> sounds pretty. :)
> 
> Any opinions?
> 
> Cheers,
> Eamon

C-a has jin < Lt. jam and edjuebu < Gk. he de loipon
which would be used in cases like "Now, when the day
of Pentecost had fully come . . ."; agora < Lt. ac
hora maeing simply "now"; agorida < agora + the
diminutive -ida and fist'agora ultimately < Lt. que
istud ac hora meaning right now.

Now and then is represented by indru < Lt. interdum
and  nun~umba < Lt. nonnunquam.

Adam

11 Ed ingredjandu ad il bedi, videruns al credura simu al Maja, il seu marri; ad caderuns ed adoruns sivi, ed abriruns uls sustrus tesorus ed eviruns al jura, ul crisu djul Livanunu, ed murra.

Machu 2:11