{"id":353,"date":"2011-08-24T07:48:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T06:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/?p=353"},"modified":"2011-12-09T05:41:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T04:41:42","slug":"high-eolic-word-of-the-day-vac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"High Eolic word of the day: vac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/W_HE_117_vac.mp3\">vac<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (noun): coin (especially silver); unit of currency.<\/p>\n<p><em>arc\u00c3\u00a1 minaram <strong>vac<\/strong>-ur-tuleval c\u00c3\u00a1-p\u00c3\u00basamac\u00c3\u00bambangut<\/em><br \/>\n<small>indeed give.PERF.1.TRANS coin-GEN-ten.ACC this-horse.lame<\/small><br \/>\n&#8220;[I] paid ten silver coins for this lame horse!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>vac<\/em> is most often used either explicitly for coins made of silver, or with the general meaning of any coin being used in monetary transactions, even if it is made of some other metal. By comparison, the noun <em>h\u00c3\u00a1mas<\/em> &#8216;golden; gold coin&#8217; is only ever used for golden coins, and it implies more of an opulent display of money or wealth than a unit of currency. Thus, saying that a person used <em>h\u00c3\u00a1mas<\/em> in paying for something conveys the meaning of them flaunting their wealth, or being ostentatious about their ability to pay a large sum of cash; while <em>vac<\/em> is a much more neutral term, with no such implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vac (noun): coin (especially silver); unit of currency. arc\u00c3\u00a1 minaram vac-ur-tuleval c\u00c3\u00a1-p\u00c3\u00basamac\u00c3\u00bambangut indeed give.PERF.1.TRANS coin-GEN-ten.ACC this-horse.lame &#8220;[I] paid ten silver coins for this lame horse!&#8221; vac is most often used either explicitly for coins made of silver, or with the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/?p=353\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[25,9,11,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}