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Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions

In a message dated 4/9/2009 20:55:01 Eastern Daylight Time, veoler@hidden.email writes:


> Here is the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) primitives and their equivalents in Saweli.
>
> people = resu.
> someone/person = res.

From reading 'Semantics Primes and Universals', I got the feeling that
"bavasu" as well as "resu" may represent the prime "people". What do
you think? I guess you think "resu" since that was what you wrote. I
would need to buy another book about NSM.


"Bavasu" refers explicitly to people as human animals and means 'humanity', not just 'people'..  It is less appropriate than "resu", although it's not very different in meaning.

stevo