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Lexical Expansion Project
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is past & future associated w space? behind & ahead as in English, ahead and behind as in Aymara, or maybe above and below, tied in w Eywa?
already, by this time, by then (A)
- She already knows this.
- The sky people will be gone by then.
- In some languages the already word shades into right now or just that moment, too.
forever, evermore (B)
- distinct from frakrr
for (span of time) (A)
- He was king for a day
- what is the best way to express "during"? <er> + a krr?
opportunity (B)
in the past (experience) (B)
- I used to do X in the past, but that's behind me now
it's about time (A)
- expressiong indicating that the speaker has waited for and expected something to happen, and has grown impatient about it
early (A)
- The sky people arrived early!
- A different sense for "when the day is starting" vs. "too soon"?
late (A)
- He was late for his own dream hunt.