Do you mean "nut cracker" Pierre?In the many varieties of english some terms for ordinary items are, well, varied.
By crow bar (in Tasmania, Australia) I refer to a nearly 2m long staff of steel, perhaps 3cm in diameter, sometimes with two pointy ends, sometimes with one pointy end and a flat 'tamping' end used in fencing (as in "making fences" not the sword-play).
I would never used such a huge piece of steel to crack a nut.(Thin versions are used as digging sticks which would have traditionally been made by hunter-gatherers out of wood.)
;) maikas On 08/09/2009, at 12:16 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Monday 07 September 2009 07:25:24 henka stickebana wrote:kinli grana would be enough of a tanru, and while this would be enough to refer to both hunting/fish spears and digging sticks, if not crow bars or jemmy/pinch bars, would a more appropriate lujvo not be:A crowbar is a cfinyvra, which can also refer to a nutpick. Pierre