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.