LL-L: "Color terms" (was "Language survival") LOWLANDS-L, 20.FEB.2001 (02) [E]

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From: Marco Evenhuis [evenhuis at zeelandnet.nl]
Subject: LL-L: "Language survival" LOWLANDS-L, 19.FEB.2001 (04) [E]

Sandy Fleming wrote:

> "blae": To me, this is a dull
> greyish-blue, as in the colour of bilberries (Scots
> "blaeberries", of course) or bruises and suchlike.

In Zeeuws, we have 'blaeuw' for any colour stretching from blue to grey.
It's used less and less in every day speech and replaced bij Dutch 'blauw'
and 'grijs', except when describing the colour of a grey horse. In Dutch
such a horse is called 'schimmel' and the colour is referred to as 'grijs'.
In Zeeuws, we call this kind of horse a 'blaeuwen'.
As opposed to the 'vivid' grey described as 'blaeuw', all dull, darkish,
less explicit colours (greyish, brownish...) are described as 'graeuw'. In
Dutch 'grauw' isn't used as a name for a colour, it's strictly used as an
adjective, dull, grey, plain.

Marco Evenhuis

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Color terms

Dear Lowlanders,

Marco wrote:

> In Dutch
> such a horse is called 'schimmel' and the colour is referred to as > 'grijs'.

Same thing in Low Saxon.

Here are some of the main colors in the North Saxon dialects of Low Saxon (Low
German) of Germany:

witt [vIt]: white (> pale, clean)

blau [bla.U], blaag ~ blaach [blQ:x]: blue (> drunk)

violett [fio'lEt], vigelett [fige'lEt], violenblau [fi'o:ln,bla.U]:
     violet, bluish purple (Eastern Friesland _zangen_ ['tsa.N:])

rood, root [ro:t] ~ [roUt]: red (> blushed)

purpur(rood) ['p`u3pu3(ro:t)]: (reddish) purple

geel [ge:l]: yellow (> blond, golden, ugly, false; _geel snacken_ 'to
     speak Germanized Low Saxon', 'to speak German', 'to talk in an
     uppety/affected way')

gröön [gr9.In], greun [grO.In]: green (> unripe, inexperienced,
     immature, unprocessed; e.g. _Aal gröön_ 'fresh (vs smoked)
     eel', _grönen Heern_ 'fresh (vs smoked or pickled) herring')

gries [gri:s], grau [gra.U], graag [grQ:x]: gray (> pale, pallid,
     ashen, clever, cunning; e.g., _He is 'n Griesen_ 'He's a
     devious one')

swart [sva:t], swatt [swat]: black (> dark)

Let's take the color term discussion out of "Language survival" and give it
its own subject thread.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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