From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed Mar 17 17:42:25 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:42:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B3mY8-00043X-0P for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:42:20 -0800 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:42:20 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: leleshwa Message-ID: <20040318014220.GM11847@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200403171932.20862.phma@webjockey.net> <200403171957.21111.phma@webjockey.net> <20040318010403.GF11847@digitalkingdom.org> <200403172012.40574.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403172012.40574.phma@webjockey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7238 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 08:12:40PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 20:04, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 07:57:21PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 19:38, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > > > The species name is "camphoratus". ITIS doesn't list any > > > camphoratus, but it does list species called camphorata, > > > camphoratum, and camphora. > > > > I'd say use the shortest of those, then. > > I meant it lists species *of other genera* - it doesn't list > Tarchonanthus at all. I've read there are a few other species of > Tarchonanthus. Oh. Umm, don't know what to tell you then. If there are other species of that genus, I'd still 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