Re: [lojban-beginners] taxonomic .a descriptive

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday 23 December 2010 14:22:17 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> After looking at Wikipedia's entry on Racoon, I think I prefer the way the
> Aboriginal Americans named the species, in particular the Aztec one. I
> think I'd personally go with {xancre se firgai bavge'u} (dextrous masked
> pre-dog).

I wouldn't use "firgai" for what a raccoon has. A firgai is something that 
covers the face, not markings that are part of the face.

Pierre
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