[Lexicog] salutations and leave-takings

[Lou Hohulin]

The indigenous Tuwali Ifugao salutation is 'Where are you going?', (The
brief answer is 'there'.) and if one wants to talk for a while, the
salutation is 'Got any betelnut?' (If one doesn't want to take time to talk,
the answer is 'None. Perhaps next time'.)
The indigenous leave-taking is 'Okay. Until next time.'

I hadn't thought about this before, but perhaps these should be multi-word
entries in the dictionary, with 'hello', 'good-by', and 'let's visit' in the
English index.

The English expressions are used without translation.

Lou Hohulin



----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: [Lexicog] salutations and leave-takings


> For many of us, it would seem reasonable to assume that salutations and
> leave-takings would be universal. Yet, my own experience indicates that
> neither are. Cheyenne, the language I work with, has neither an indigenous
> salutation or leave-taking. In recent times, Cheyennes have borrowed, so
now
> has loan translations which translate back to English as "Good morning,"
> "Good day", "Good evening", and "I'll see you again later." But those who
> think about such things often recognize that they come from English. And I
> suspect that they use these loan translations more with non-Cheyennes and
in
> "bilingual education Cheyenne" (taught in school classes) than they do in
> their normal contacts with one another.
>
> So, how about you? Are you familiar with languages which lack indigenous
> salutations or leave-takings?
>
>
> Wayne Leman
> Cheyenne dictionary project
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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