From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun Jan 09 02:59:36 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:59:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Cnamv-0000WJ-F3 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:59:13 -0800 Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 02:59:13 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Help with "beak", please. Message-ID: <20050109105912.GG4597@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 9202 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 I'm kind of stuck on a word for "beak". I started with "porpi ctebi", because birds break nuts and stuff with them, but then realized that a lot of beaked animals use their beaks for non-porpi things. From an English definition I saw, I was thinking "jirna ctebi". I'd be turning it into a lujvo, of course, but I'd like to match the part in question as accurately as possible. "jgalu ctebi" is also an option, as is "bongu ctebi". I really don't understand what beaks are made out of, in general (if there is an "in general"). Help? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/