Yes, a great deal of it is pictographic, though sometimes the pictures are so stylized that it's difficult to tell what they are. In "little rowboat", the first element is , a pictogram of a boat with an oar. The second element is , a pictogram of water. These two go together to make "rowboat". The picture of water is somewhat redundant, but it makes the script easier to read.
The third element, , is an ideogram. It represents the "little" inflection.
The bar above the word is just something for the pictures to dangle from -- it has no meaning.
And hey, a lunulet is more or less a "little moon", right?
A pictogram of a crescent moon with the "little" inflection again. The two short lines indicate a bright object. The word is émájá "little moon".
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Date: 2004-01-25 10:13 pm (UTC)Yes, a great deal of it is pictographic, though sometimes the pictures are so stylized that it's difficult to tell what they are. In
The third element,
The bar above the word is just something for the pictures to dangle from -- it has no meaning.
And hey, a lunulet is more or less a "little moon", right?
A pictogram of a crescent moon with the "little" inflection again. The two short lines indicate a bright object. The word is émájá "little moon".