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You know, it may be that what I actually want is {pluka tengu}?

Because English calls both silk and velvet "soft", and thinking
about what that actually *means*, I think it may just mean "pleasent
to touch".

-Robin

On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 02:14:36PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Yes, velvet isn't really smooth.
> 
> There's a few words I found for velvet, but none of them are about the
> /texture/ of velvet, which is what it seems you're asking for.
> 
> Specifically, demsilka, ranbu'u, and krebu'u.
> 
> I would suggest {skapi tengu}, but only if we can specify the "pelt"
> meaning of skapi.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Robin Lee Powell <
> rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 09:49:02PM +0200, selpa'i wrote:
> > > Am 06.07.2012 21:33, schrieb Robin Lee Powell:
> > > >{ranti} seems to be about soft like a ripe fruit, not soft like
> > > >velvet.  What would you use for the latter?  Is {ranti tengu}
> > > >malrarbau?
> > >
> > > ranti is about yielding to pressure, not necessarily about the
> > > surface. You can say: lo do flira cu ranti lo nu pencu "Your face
> > > is soft when I touch it." (as opposed to firm)
> > >
> > > If you want to call the surface "soft", I suggest xutla.
> >
> > There are lots of things velvet is, but if it's {xutla} I've misread
> > {xutla} very badly.
> >
> > -Robin
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