From lojban+bncCK7Yk5CUCxCiqK_vBBoEYDmsnA@googlegroups.com Sun Jun 05 12:08:30 2011 Received: from mail-pw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.160.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QTIgW-0004w7-9M; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:29 -0700 Received: by pwi1 with SMTP id 1sf1553973pwi.16 for ; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zQGpRbhvS//LAzFoGi3Tlq3kxCNlTAXU2tu5tp3SiWs=; b=Ech5MuKkRGFdiz2xWMW557l7xja0ptw/4mz4PwfKr2Z9E7kYIXJueBTm5BGH+RnfEc KTYd3grHXWAT7sycN7GVJgI9+PCO6TnsZhY2TDVXiRcFSlzP5fBgKq8hqVZ2Cp4DDwJJ YgWCQOtklqkJGERiqsirPDFmcrWMKF2EiegT8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=tk+7308LLZAiLG+JUwWynP7m4JOBuWHVgG7iBml4SlhuQYjHkRVR/JQhN0AwdsiWRC faYcnCodiGZZPYIpHTTbW1NsHX/BkRUUaovDpKO0wgfyMA8dLbXn8rYhaUst3Bn9keW4 PgZ0oy+THLbgpPo/FMfjLbcurQhVbbMwGtQGs= Received: by 10.68.66.97 with SMTP id e1mr558199pbt.41.1307300898523; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:18 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.13.233 with SMTP id k9ls1324255pbc.3.gmail; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.0.198 with SMTP id 6mr781534pbg.5.1307300897849; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.0.198 with SMTP id 6mr781533pbg.5.1307300897837; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-pz0-f43.google.com (mail-pz0-f43.google.com [209.85.210.43]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c10si9366456pbn.1.2011.06.05.12.08.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.43 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.210.43; Received: by pzk1 with SMTP id 1so2135737pzk.16 for ; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.51.167 with SMTP id l7mr1706270pbo.290.1307300897723; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.55.133 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201106051414.37804.phma@phma.optus.nu> References: <201106042321.15877.phma@phma.optus.nu> <201106051414.37804.phma@phma.optus.nu> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 21:08:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] guess a lujvo From: Remo Dentato To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: rdentato@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.43 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rdentato@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Happy for gejyspa but I would never have guessed that. Wondering if it's related with the italian word "carruba" (that is not a legume, though). 2011/6/5 Pierre Abbat : > On Sunday 05 June 2011 11:57:03 Michael Turniansky wrote: >> =A0 I'd guess "carob bean ", because the carat, the unit of weight for >> gems comes from the Arabic for carob seed. >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0--gejyspa > > You are correct. I was reading the story of the prodigal son, who in his > wanderings took a job feeding pigs with =EA=E5=F1=E1=F4=E9=E1. This looks= like a diminutive > of =EA=E5=F1=E1=F2 (horn), but it means "carobs", and is translated "alga= rrobas" in > Reina-Valera. It is the source of the Arabic word. > > Pierre > -- > The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegr= oups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojb= an?hl=3Den. > > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den.