[Lexicog] new idiom

[Andrew Shimunek]

Mongolian has an interesting construction to express getting a cold, in which the cold is perceived as a location at which one arrives or towards which one is headed:

bi xaniad xür-sen 
Би ханиад хүрсэн
1.sing cold reach/arrive.at-perfective
'I have a cold' (lit. 'I reached/arrived at cold')

bi xaniad xür-ch bai-na 
Би ханиад хүрч байна
1.sing cold reach/arrive.at-imperfective.converb be/exist-durative
'I am getting a cold' (lit. 'I am arriving at / reaching a cold')

Andrew Shimunek


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            I enjoy learning new idioms in any language. Yesterday I heard a new 

Cheyenne idiom:



Náma'xene'enéseha He'haévêháne. 'I came down with a bad cold.' [lit. Cold 

(personified) beat me up bad.]



Have you heard any new idioms lately?



Wayne

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Wayne Leman

Cheyenne dictionary online:

http://www11. asphost4free. com/cheyennedict ionary/default. htm 





    
  

    
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