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Re: [lojban-beginners] taxonomic .a descriptive

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

>> All three, including having all of them for some living things, such
>> as "arxokuna" (from some rindo bangu), "prokiono", and "lumge'u" (although
>> it's not in the dog family, nor in the bear family, despite the similar
>> German word).
>
> I have absolutely no idea what animal any of those words refer to.
>

 Try this -- "se firgai ke victerlu'i lebna"

         --gejyspa


"masked trash-taker"? Racoon?

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).

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