[jbovlaste] Re: stuffed animal

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org> wrote:
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> The English Wikipedia mentions stuffed toy, stuffie, plush toy, soft toy, and cuddly toy.
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> Of the languages I understand, English is the only language in which the word for stuffed animal explicitly includes its stuffedness. Other languages use words based on its purpose (cuddling/hugging), or its composition (fabric).

In Spanish it's "peluche", which comes from French (as does the
English "plush").

One problem with "tisna" is that it doesn't mean "stuffed" but
"becomes stuffed", it refers to the change of state, not the state. At
least if we take the gi'uste definition seriously. It would be more
useful to have a basic word for stuffed than for becoming stuffed,
because the change of state is easier to derive from the final state
(by adding -bi'o) than viceversa.

("Stuffed animal" sounds like something you would eat for Thanksgiving, btw.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes