Vocab Lessons/2- Colors: Difference between revisions
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ti crino | |||
tu blanu | |||
do blabi [note - used as a normal color term covering the range of colors it normaly does, unlike english "white" which is used for skin tones that are actually "pink"] | |||
Eccentricities: Xekri is all very dark shades, not merely ones dark enough to qualify as black; likewise blabi is all very light shades. Nukni is often understood to be #FF00FF, whereas zirpu is presumably included to have all the colors of the rainbow. Pink is not a basic color, and pink things might be either blabi (if very light) xunre (if reddish) or nukni (if hot pink). | Eccentricities: Xekri is all very dark shades, not merely ones dark enough to qualify as black; likewise blabi is all very light shades. Nukni is often understood to be #FF00FF, whereas zirpu is presumably included to have all the colors of the rainbow. Pink is not a basic color, and pink things might be either blabi (if very light) xunre (if reddish) or nukni (if hot pink). | ||
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zirpu - x1 is purple/violet | zirpu - x1 is purple/violet | ||
ti - this | |||
ta - that nearby | |||
tu - that over there | |||
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ti crino
tu blanu
do blabi [note - used as a normal color term covering the range of colors it normaly does, unlike english "white" which is used for skin tones that are actually "pink"]
Eccentricities: Xekri is all very dark shades, not merely ones dark enough to qualify as black; likewise blabi is all very light shades. Nukni is often understood to be #FF00FF, whereas zirpu is presumably included to have all the colors of the rainbow. Pink is not a basic color, and pink things might be either blabi (if very light) xunre (if reddish) or nukni (if hot pink).
New Words:
xekri - x1 is black/extremely dark-colored
blabi - x1 is white/very-light colored
grusi - x1 is gray
xunre - x1 is red
pelxu - x1 is yellow
crino - x1 is green
blanu - x1 is blue
bunre - x1 is brown
cicna - x1 is cyan
narju - x1 is orange
nukni - x1 is magenta/fuchsia
zirpu - x1 is purple/violet
ti - this
ta - that nearby
tu - that over there