Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 1126 | The word 'mazasapa', for View more quotes about example">example, literally means 'black metal'. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 1123 | In the compound sign fleer presumably occurs as a modifier in virtue of the bird's coloration. |
| 14 | 1124 | Adjectives in sign commonly, though not always, follow the noun, so to speak. |
| 14 | 1125 | This arrangement is doubtless to be expected, for it reflects a common grammatical feature of the spoken languages of the red savages. |
| 14 | 1126 | The word 'mazasapa', for example, literally means 'black metal'. |
| 14 | 1127 | 'Maza' is the word for 'metal' and 'sapa' is the word for 'black'. |
| 14 | 1128 | We would translate the expression, of course, as 'iron'. |
| 14 | 1129 | The sign for Kailiauk, as I had expected, was to hold up three fingers, suggesting the trident of horns adorning the shaggy head of this large, short-tempered, small-eyed, lumbering ruminant. |
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In the compound sign fleer presumably occurs as a modifier in virtue of the bird's coloration.
Adjectives in sign commonly, though not always, follow the noun, so to speak.
This arrangement is doubtless to be expected, for it reflects a common grammatical feature of the spoken languages of the red savages.
The word 'mazasapa', for example, literally means 'black metal'.
'Maza' is the word for 'metal' and 'sapa' is the word for 'black'.
We would translate the expression, of course, as 'iron'.
The sign for Kailiauk, as I had expected, was to hold up three fingers, suggesting the trident of horns adorning the shaggy head of this large, short-tempered, small-eyed, lumbering ruminant.
- (Savages of Gor)