[jbovlaste] Re: spring

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/23/2009 12:12:39 Eastern Daylight Time, jbotijlan@gmail.com writes:


> > Tornado?? I thought that was konbi'e.
>
> Using "brife" is obviously more appropriate for "tornado". What i want
> to say though is that "punsarlu" cannot exclude "tornado", which is a
> spiral thing capable of stretching and shrinking.


Are you saying that "brife" is more appropriate for 'tornado' than "konbi'e"? That hardly seems likely, since "konbi'e" is a specific subset of "brife".
As for "punsarlu", I'd say that, while it may include 'tornado', using it to mean 'tornado' would be odd, pushing the envelope of that meaning, calling attention to a tornado's "spiral thing capable of stretching and shrinking" qualities, while ignoring the more usual ones of spinning, cone-shape, high-speed wind.

mu'o mi'e stevon