From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Aug 19 10:38:31 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:38:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1E6Aow-0003OA-Bk for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:38:22 -0700 Received: from web81305.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.80]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1E6Aot-0003O3-Oy for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:38:22 -0700 Received: (qmail 15023 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Aug 2005 17:38:18 -0000 Message-ID: <20050819173818.15021.qmail@web81305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.88.32.165] by web81305.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:38:18 PDT Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:38:18 -0700 (PDT) From: John E Clifford Subject: [lojban] Re: Polar bear To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <12d58c1605081908567aebf0c2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-archive-position: 10412 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- Adam COOPER wrote: > coi ro do > Lojban does not seem to have a word for "polar > bear". > > Inuktitut: nanu, nanuq > French: ours blanc > Latin/scientific: Ursus maritimus > Lojban: { cribe la xamsi }? { cribrnanuku }? > { natnutku }? [I'm really bad at stage-4 > fu'ivla] > Taxonomy being the sort of science it is, my local zoo gives pbs the genus Thalarktos, doubling the "bear of the sea" label, {xasycribe}. Realistically, one is tempted to thin insteead of "bear of the ice," {bisycribe}. But Nanook of the North has a good claim once the form is worked out. To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.