On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com> wrote:
Some excellent and interesting new words in the list. I'm only sorry I couldn't have been at qep'a' and joined in the excitement of the first receipt of them.
Regarding *'ay* "to float in or on a liquid", I presume that's supposed to be distinct from *'al* "to float in or on air"? Even if so, the similarity does suggest some kind of etymological relationship might be intended, which is intriguing in itself.
On a similar note: *ya'rIS* "echo" is apparently a pun on Toyota car models, but the fact that it contains *rIS* "emit sound" hints at some in-character etymological connection. There's also the similarity of *voQ* "choke" and *vIQ* "smother, suffocate", which was probably intentional.