Re: Phenomena

Matt Pearson wrote:

> In Tokana I use the verb "kahpa" = "to descend":
>
>    Kahpa suh    "It's raining (lit. rain is coming down)"
>    Kahpa ise    "It's snowing (lit. snow is coming down)"
>    Kahpa mohi   "It's foggy (lit. cloud is coming down)"
>    Kahpa esie   "It's misty (lit. mist is coming down)"
Lojban does that too, although rain is the default.  "carvi" = "[It] rains"
most probably refers to water; for snow we say "snow rains".  The full
place structure is "x1 rains on x2 from x3", where "the ground"
and "the sky" are probably the typical (and unexpressed) values
of x2 and x3.

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