From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed Mar 17 16:38:29 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:38:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B3lYG-0001zQ-8B for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:38:24 -0800 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:38:24 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: leleshwa Message-ID: <20040318003824.GE11847@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200403171932.20862.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403171932.20862.phma@webjockey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7225 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 07:32:20PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > I recently found out about an essential oil and would like your opinion about > what to call it in Lojban. Here are some possibilities: > lelcua, from Masai leleshwa, which is what it's usually called in English. > > tarxonanto, from the genus name Tarchonanthus. Someone explained this > as meaning "funeral flower", but he's not sure why. Can't use the species name? -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui