{"id":850708,"date":"2023-07-12T14:32:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/no-tenemos-una-palabra-para-lluvia-que-despierta-espiritus-ancestrales-entonces-por-que-los-esquimales-tendrian-eso-como-nieve\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:32:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:32:48","slug":"no-tenemos-una-palabra-para-lluvia-que-despierta-espiritus-ancestrales-entonces-por-que-los-esquimales-tendrian-eso-como-nieve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/no-tenemos-una-palabra-para-lluvia-que-despierta-espiritus-ancestrales-entonces-por-que-los-esquimales-tendrian-eso-como-nieve\/","title":{"rendered":"No tenemos una palabra para &#8216;lluvia que despierta esp\u00edritus ancestrales&#8217;.  Entonces, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 los esquimales tendr\u00edan eso como nieve?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"artstyle__production artstyle__production--type-plus fu--type-plus artstyle__production--hide-author fu--hide-author artstyle__production--hide-time fu--hide-time artstyle__production--margin-bottom-s-s fu--margin-bottom-s-s artstyle__production--with-authors\" data-element-id=\"article-element-authors\"><span class=\"artstyle__production__authors\">Silvia Whiteman<\/span><time class=\"artstyle__production__datetime\" datetime=\"12 juli 2023\"><span class=\"artstyle__production__date\">12 de julio de 2023<\/span><span class=\"artstyle__production__time\">15:37<\/span><\/time><span class=\"artstyle__production-decoration\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"184\" height=\"11\" viewbox=\"0 0 184 11\" fill=\"none\"><mask id=\"path-1-inside-1\" fill=\"white\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M86.9133 5.08154L81.8318 0L76.7745 5.05725H0V5.65725H76.7288L81.8318 10.7603L86.9133 5.67871L91.9949 10.7603L96.9948 5.76038L101.995 10.7603L107.098 5.65725H184V5.05725H107.052L101.995 0L96.9948 4.99988L91.9949 0L86.9133 5.08154Z\"\/><\/mask><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M86.9133 5.08154L81.8318 0L76.7745 5.05725H0V5.65725H76.7288L81.8318 10.7603L86.9133 5.67871L91.9949 10.7603L96.9948 5.76038L101.995 10.7603L107.098 5.65725H184V5.05725H107.052L101.995 0L96.9948 4.99988L91.9949 0L86.9133 5.08154Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><path d=\"M81.8318 0L82.2122 -0.380432L81.8318 -0.760863L81.4514 -0.380432L81.8318 0ZM86.9133 5.08154L86.5329 5.46197L86.9133 5.84241L87.2938 5.46197L86.9133 5.08154ZM76.7745 5.05725V5.59526H76.9974L77.155 5.43768L76.7745 5.05725ZM0 5.05725V4.51924H-0.538012V5.05725H0ZM0 5.65725H-0.538012V6.19526H0V5.65725ZM76.7288 5.65725L77.1092 5.27682L76.9516 5.11924H76.7288V5.65725ZM81.8318 10.7603L81.4514 11.1407L81.8318 11.5211L82.2122 11.1407L81.8318 10.7603ZM86.9133 5.67871L87.2938 5.29828L86.9133 4.91785L86.5329 5.29828L86.9133 5.67871ZM91.9949 10.7603L91.6144 11.1407L91.9949 11.5211L92.3753 11.1407L91.9949 10.7603ZM96.9948 5.76038L97.3752 5.37995L96.9948 4.99951L96.6143 5.37995L96.9948 5.76038ZM101.995 10.7603L101.614 11.1407L101.995 11.5211L102.375 11.1407L101.995 10.7603ZM107.098 5.65725V5.11924H106.875L106.717 5.27682L107.098 5.65725ZM184 5.65725V6.19526H184.538V5.65725H184ZM184 5.05725H184.538V4.51924H184V5.05725ZM107.052 5.05725L106.671 5.43768L106.829 5.59526H107.052V5.05725ZM101.995 0L102.375 -0.380432L101.995 -0.760863L101.614 -0.380432L101.995 0ZM96.9948 4.99988L96.6143 5.38031L96.9948 5.76074L97.3752 5.38031L96.9948 4.99988ZM91.9949 0L92.3753 -0.380432L91.9949 -0.760863L91.6144 -0.380432L91.9949 0ZM81.4514 0.380432L86.5329 5.46197L87.2938 4.70111L82.2122 -0.380432L81.4514 0.380432ZM77.155 5.43768L82.2122 0.380432L81.4514 -0.380432L76.3941 4.67682L77.155 5.43768ZM76.7745 4.51924H0V5.59526H76.7745V4.51924ZM-0.538012 5.05725V5.65725H0.538012V5.05725H-0.538012ZM0 6.19526H76.7288V5.11924H0V6.19526ZM82.2122 10.3798L77.1092 5.27682L76.3484 6.03768L81.4514 11.1407L82.2122 10.3798ZM86.5329 5.29828L81.4514 10.3798L82.2122 11.1407L87.2938 6.05914L86.5329 5.29828ZM92.3753 10.3798L87.2938 5.29828L86.5329 6.05914L91.6144 11.1407L92.3753 10.3798ZM96.6143 5.37995L91.6144 10.3798L92.3753 11.1407L97.3752 6.14081L96.6143 5.37995ZM102.375 10.3798L97.3752 5.37995L96.6143 6.14081L101.614 11.1407L102.375 10.3798ZM106.717 5.27682L101.614 10.3798L102.375 11.1407L107.478 6.03768L106.717 5.27682ZM107.098 6.19526H184V5.11924H107.098V6.19526ZM184.538 5.65725V5.05725H183.462V5.65725H184.538ZM184 4.51924H107.052V5.59526H184V4.51924ZM101.614 0.380432L106.671 5.43768L107.432 4.67682L102.375 -0.380432L101.614 0.380432ZM97.3752 5.38031L102.375 0.380432L101.614 -0.380432L96.6143 4.61945L97.3752 5.38031ZM91.6144 0.380432L96.6143 5.38031L97.3752 4.61945L92.3753 -0.380432L91.6144 0.380432ZM87.2938 5.46197L92.3753 0.380432L91.6144 -0.380432L86.5329 4.70111L87.2938 5.46197Z\" fill=\"black\" mask=\"url(#path-1-inside-1)\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph artstyle__paragraph--drop-cap fu--drop-cap artstyle__paragraph--drop-cap-g fu--drop-cap-g\" data-element-id=\"6acf-53c0-2f2c-a683-b054-c628-85a3-5b47\">\n<p>      El valioso colega Sander Donkers escribi\u00f3 una columna sobre la &#8216;nueva generaci\u00f3n&#8217; que tiene cada vez m\u00e1s palabras diferentes para las relaciones amorosas: hay una &#8216;rela&#8217;, una &#8216;prela&#8217; y una &#8216;eventuela&#8217;.  Ya sent\u00eda que se acercaba la tormenta, y efectivamente, ah\u00ed estaba: &#8216;seguimos superando a los inuit con todas sus palabras para la nieve&#8217;.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"a219b357-8cad-4c45-9046-799fd0a50665\">\n<p>      \u201cLos esquimales tienen m\u00e1s de 100 palabras para la nieve\u201d, nos dec\u00eda el Maestro R. a los ni\u00f1os de sexto grado de primaria.  No se aventur\u00f3 a hacer una lista, pero inmediatamente cre\u00edmos que ten\u00eda raz\u00f3n.  Despu\u00e9s de todo, el mundo de los esquimales consist\u00eda en nieve;  l\u00f3gico que tuvieran una palabra para &#8216;nieve en la que se esconde un zorro \u00e1rtico&#8217; y &#8216;nieve que las ancianas sienten venir con sus urracas&#8217;.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"7e655b39-46fd-4267-bbbc-782a989137b7\">\n<p>      Escuchaba y le\u00eda la historia muchas veces.  Una vez fueron 100 palabras, la otra vez 200, pero el consenso fue de todos modos: los esquimales tienen una gran cantidad de palabras para la nieve.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"0e7584ee-dc58-4c68-a96b-5b9fc514056e\">\n<p>      Crec\u00ed, y la duda comenz\u00f3 a roerme.  \u00bfCu\u00e1ntas palabras tenemos los holandeses para &#8216;lluvia&#8217;?  S\u00ed, conocemos la llovizna, la lluvia torrencial y palabras como &#8216;aguacero&#8217;, &#8216;llovizna&#8217; y &#8216;mareo&#8217;, pero no llegamos a 100, y mucho menos a doscientos.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"artstyle__container\" data-element-id=\"f4594e4e-d804-4f1b-b911-cdbac3acc9b0\">\n<div class=\"artstyle__container__body\">\n<p class=\"artstyle__container__text\" data-element-id=\"0ec3-181a-0bcc-9ac0-1881-21c6-bc81-3643\">\n      <b>Sobre el Autor<\/b><br \/>Sylvia Witteman prescribe <i>de Volkskrant <\/i>columnas sobre la vida cotidiana.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"bb24d7d8-a544-483d-877f-26b782967a18\">\n<p>      No tenemos una palabra para &#8220;lluvia que despierta los esp\u00edritus de tus antepasados&#8221; o &#8220;lluvia que provoca c\u00f3licos en los caballos&#8221;.  Entonces, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 los esquimales tendr\u00edan eso como nieve?  &#8220;Bueno, tambi\u00e9n se frotan las narices&#8221;, dices ahora.  Y empujaron a su abuelo al mar sobre un t\u00e9mpano de hielo para que muriera.  Puedes esperar cualquier cosa de personas con h\u00e1bitos tan ex\u00f3ticos.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"687d273f-a151-4f60-ba28-7abc83bd7102\">\n<p>      Bueno, tampoco es cierto.  No de esas 100 palabras para la nieve, y tampoco de ese abuelo en ese t\u00e9mpano de hielo.  (Las narices s\u00ed, creo). El ling\u00fcista brit\u00e1nico Geoffrey Pullum desacredit\u00f3 el mito de las 100 palabras ya en 1989. En el ingenioso art\u00edculo &#8216;El gran enga\u00f1o del vocabulario esquimal&#8217;, incluso argumenta que el &#8216;Diccionario del idioma esquimal de Groenlandia Occidental&#8217; (1927) pero contiene dos palabras realmente diferentes para la nieve: &#8216;qanik&#8217; (nieve en el cielo) y &#8216;aput&#8217; (nieve en el suelo).\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"5b3641a1-4723-460d-b739-18713627c419\">\n<p>      &#8220;Cu\u00e9ntale eso si a alguien se le ocurre esa historia de 100 palabras otra vez&#8221;, dice Pullum.  &#8220;El efecto ser\u00e1 m\u00e1s o menos comparable a verter 200 litros de avena en un clavic\u00e9mbalo durante un concierto barroco, pero ayuda en la lucha por la verdad&#8221;.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"artstyle__paragraph \" data-element-id=\"3c2c8050-c09d-4f7a-b8a1-0f15326e303c\">\n<p>      No, entonces los escoceses.  Tienen 421 palabras para la nieve, \u00bflo sab\u00edas?  Al menos, eso es lo que leo en Internet.  Bueno, eso puede refutar a alguien m\u00e1s.\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkskrant.nl\/columns-van-de-dag\/wij-hebben-geen-woord-voor-regen-die-geesten-van-voorouders-wekt-waarom-zouden-eskimo-s-dat-dan-hebben-voor-sneeuw~b94d0476\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ttn-es-23<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silvia Whiteman12 de julio de 202315:37 El valioso colega Sander Donkers escribi\u00f3 una columna sobre la &#8216;nueva generaci\u00f3n&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[79185,440,4910,1722,1075,11580,139965,359,36,360,4924,18,231,387,105396,1945,158],"class_list":["post-850708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultura","tag-ancestrales","tag-como","tag-despierta","tag-entonces","tag-eso","tag-espiritus","tag-esquimales","tag-lluvia","tag-los","tag-nieve","tag-palabra","tag-para","tag-por","tag-que","tag-tendrian","tag-tenemos","tag-una"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}