Fa
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fa
- (syl.) glyph for the syllable fa in the Kamakawi syllabary
- (n.) seed, seedling
- (v.) to plant seeds, to seed
- (n.) dad
Ape owa ei i fa ipuke…
“Every time I plant a seed…”
Notes: He say, “Kill it before it grow!” He say, “Kill them before they grow!” And so!
The world was given a gift in Bob Marley, the old Iron Lion himself. And while it’s too bad he fell under the sway of Rastafarianism, it didn’t strip him of his soul.
So I just now realized how suggestive it is that the word for “seed” (the determined version of fa) is cognate with the word for “dad” (just the name a kid calls his father; the proper word for “father” is different). I swear that it wasn’t intended! The shortening of fala is fa, which just happens to be the same word for sowing seeds. I’m not taking the blame for this one!
Tags: basic, culture, family, formal, humans, natural, plants, social, syllabary, writing
March 31st, 2010 at 8:48 am)
Seeds are sown, not sewn
March 31st, 2010 at 2:28 pm)
Pff… I knew that. I was just, uh…testing you. You…passed. Good job! As a reward, you can go to Gravatar.com and create yourself a little avatar that will show up when you make comments on my site!