[Assam] House and Home

[Chan Mahanta]

O' Bikash Kaiti:

Apuni mwk  'dada'  buli nematilew hobo diyok.  Sondon buliyei 
maatibo. Apuni mwtkoi olop dangor he hobo jen laagise.  Xoru holew 
moi jogor nodhorw.

Sroddha-morom jaanibo.

Iti bineet,

Sondon





At 3:09 AM +0000 1/28/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS wrote:
>Chan dada,
>   Ami Mangaldaiya naiba Kamrupiya bhaxat kao- Nijor Bahat (Bahaa= 
>Ghar)nije jui lagowa!!.
>   Bikash
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>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>   Well, Alpana, I think you have mixed up two different issues: One of
>a social evolution with that of semantics.
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>Even if you had two distinctly different single words in Oxomiya
>bhaxa distinguishing a 'home' from a mere 'house', it still would not
>resolve your conflicts, would it?
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>The significance of a 'home' in one's psyche lies in what memories it
>holds for her. Those who grew up in many places, moving with their
>families' job transfers or what have you, would have very little
>attachments to a house as a 'home', even if the quality of the
>environment might have been just as memorable and dear. On the other
>hand someone who grew up in a shelter, however humble, in a loving
>and caring environment, will hold the memories of that house as a
>'home' quite dear. And no matter how clearly words distinguish the
>meanings of the two in a language, it would not have any impact on
>one's perception of that shelter as a mere house or a dear home.
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>That is the difference.
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>So, why did I even chime in?
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>For the simple reason of detecting a sense of defensiveness in
>respondents scurrying to grab this Sanskrit word or that few Oxomiyas
>use in their communications; no doubt to prove that their mother
>tongue is as nuanced as the highly evolved Hindi that you
>confronted them with examples :-).
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>At 12:23 PM -0600 1/27/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>>Hi C'da:
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>>>  I think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing.
>>
>>:) Right, right, in general we should not, and never split hairs
>>over things. :)
>>  > Just because another language differentiates between a house and
>>a > home, and Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of
>>Yes, the keyword is "need".
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>>If you have not noticed, the need to define a "house" and a "home"
>>have arisen in today's Assam. People are not that simple anymore. I
>>get "culture-shock" every time I go to India now-a-days, a place
>>that I was born and grew up in and had 'faith' in.
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>>Some do become interested after a HOUSE for which they were never
>>"interested" when it was a HOME - filled with people that welcomed
>>them with love and warmth.
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>>See the need now C'da? I definitely do.
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>>>  grabbing at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a
>>>ghor--a > house and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is
>>>used in a > sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages.
>>>The > differentiation lies in the usage.
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>>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree
>>and humble like a blade of grass"
>>- Lakshmana
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>>  > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:54:44 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org>
>>From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] (no subject)> > > I
>>think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing.> > Just because
>>another language differentiates between a house and a > home, and
>>Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of > grabbing
>>at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a ghor--a > house
>>and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is used in a >
>>sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages. The >
>>differentiation lies in the usage.> > > > > > > > > > > At 6:00 PM
>>-0600 1/26/08, kamal deka wrote:> >HOUSE = BHOBON / AWAKH
>>/GRIHO> >HOME = GRIHO BAKH /GHOR> >KJD> >> >> >On 1/26/08, Alpana B.
>>Sarangapani wrote:> >>> >>> >> Does
>>anybody know if there are separate words for "home" and "house"
>>in> >> Assamese? I know we use 'ghor' .> >>> >> But if you need to
>>assert the real meanings of a "real" home and just a> >> house with
>  >4 walls, what are they?> >>> >> I believe it is 'ghar`' for home and
>>'makaan' for house in Hindi.> >>> >> Thanks for your
>>help.> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> "In order to make spiritual
>>progress you must be patient like a tree and> >> humble like a blade
>>of grass"> >> - Lakshmana> >>> >>> >>> >>
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