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<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>Hi
Fritz,</span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>I
worked with a native speaker of Sochiapan Chinantec (</span></font><font
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>Mexico</span></font><font
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>) on these
phrases. Some would have only transferred over by means of an explanatory
paragraph, so I omitted those. I used the Doulos SIL (Unicode) font, so hope
it is readable.</span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>David
Foris</span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:"Doulos SIL"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>In
brackets are the literal and semi-literal translations of Chinantec phrases
into English.</span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:"Doulos SIL"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>big baby dáɨn² pan¹ (baby big)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>big boy (a grown-up man who behaves like a big boy) ?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>big man (in politics) yeh³ (i.e. a man with influence/status)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt;text-indent:-108.0pt'><font
size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>big
idea hi³ quien² hi³ cháunh² chi¹ tsú² (thing important that arrives
head people)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>big deal (used sarcastically) ?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>small house hñú³ pih²¹ (house small)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>small business hñú³ pih²¹ ñí¹ hna² tsú² (house
small where sell people)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>small minded tiá² hliáun³ cháunh² chi¹
tsú² (not many-things arrives head people)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>small change cú¹dáɨn³ juoh¹ (red-money
pieces)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>small beer (a trivial matter) hi³ pih²¹ hi³ siun¹ (thing
small thing little)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>cool drink jmɨ́² cuóuh³ (water cold,
i.e. no simple adjective for ‘cool’)</span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>cool
reception ?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>cool idea ?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>hot drink jmɨ́² chaú³ (water warm)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>hot day jmáɨ¹ chéi³ hiú² (day sun hot)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>hot pepper hën² chéi³ (chilli hot)</span></font></p>
<p class=StructureChart style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Doulos SIL"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>hot
reception ?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'>hot favourite hi³ jlánh¹ zaɨn³² tsú²
(thing much likes s/he)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Doulos SIL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Doulos SIL"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Fritz Goerling
[mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 9 July 2004 </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>8:59 a.m.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lexicographylist yahoogroups<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lexicog] small - big,
cool - hot</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I'd be interested in knowing
how the following are translated</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>into other
languages:</span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>big baby</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>big boy (a
grown-up man who behaves like a big boy)</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>big man (in
politics)</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>big idea</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>big deal
(used sarcastically)</span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>small house</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>small
business</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>small minded</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>small change</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>small beer
(a trivial matter)</span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>cool drink</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>cool
reception</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>cool idea</span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hot drink</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hot day</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hot pepper</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hot
reception</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hot
favourite</span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fritz Goerling</span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>---</span></font></tt>
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