From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Jan 15 08:26:16 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:26:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LNV2u-00043i-1L for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:26:16 -0800 Received: from mx.freeshell.org ([192.94.73.19] helo=sdf.lonestar.org ident=root) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LNV2r-00043H-4r for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:26:15 -0800 Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:jwodder@svalbard.freeshell.org [192.94.73.10]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0FGQ37J020796 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:04 GMT Received: (from jwodder@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.14.2/8.12.8/Submit) id n0FGQ3J6016030 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:03 GMT Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:03 +0000 From: Minimiscience To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Assistance requested, Message-ID: <20090115162600.GA17726@sdf.lonestar.org> References: <3ccac5f10812262011p642851a8qf74ed9ab333a9e0c@mail.gmail.com> <96f789a60812310730n62e6a2a6n53a5488fa8ac81be@mail.gmail.com> <8CB3981BAF3E357-C84-8B1@Webmail-mg09.sim.aol.com> <20081231221221.GA16366@sdf.lonestar.org> <8CB4542639B4378-EEC-653@WEBMAIL-DC01.sysops.aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8CB4542639B4378-EEC-653@WEBMAIL-DC01.sysops.aol.com> Organization: SDF Public Access UNIX System User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 15221 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: minimiscience@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list de'i li 15 pi'e 01 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. tsofian@aol.com .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra. > I couldn't find words for the following english words: > locust > auquatic > sperm > lobe (as in ear) > > I think that aquatic might be limna jau (from "swims in water"), but I'm not > sure of the construction rules yet. .skamyxatra The notes for "{jalra}" (cockroach) recommend "{mantyjalra}" (ant-cockroach) and "{mudyctijalra}" (wood-eat cockroach) as possible translations for "locust" or "termite." I'm not sure how scientifically accurate that is. The notes for "{djacu}" suggest "{jaupli}" (water-user) to mean "aquatic." If you want to make a {lujvo} out of "{limna djacu}," that would be "{limjau}." The word for sperm is "{sovda}," a generic term for gamete, which also covers eggs & pollen. If you want to explicitly specify a gamete of the male persuasion, that would be "{nakso'a}." There doesn't seem to be an obvious candidate for "earlobe," though. I suggest "{dzikerlo}" (low-ear) -- or maybe it should be "{kerdzi}" (ear-low)? mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun. -- do ta'e pilno le va valsi .i mi na jinvi lodu'u ri valsi da poi do jinvi lodu'u ri valsi ke'a 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.