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[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 04



 
> > 3) 
> > j1=s1 sudjba j2
> > j1=s1 is a currant/dried berry of plant j2
> > from
> > j1=s1 jbari j2 gi'e sudga s2
> >  
> > drop s2
> 
> Currants and gooseberries are both grosulari. Neither "sudgrute" (which is in 
> my edition, from CVS years ago) nor "sudjba" means specifically "currant"; 
> grapes are both, and prunes are sudgrute jenai sudjba. To say "dried currant" 
> specifically I'd say "sudga grosulari" (which can also mean "dried 
> gooseberry" but I don't know that anyone makes them).
> 
You've lost me.  I can find no reference to grosulari anywhere.  What's wrong 
with defining sudjba as dried berry?  Isn't a grape a berry?

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