[lojban-beginners] Re: Hawk and eagle

[Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

On 12/13/05, Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/05, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru> wrote:
> >
> > I can't figure out how to say "hawk" and "eagle" in Lojban.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> According to this <
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=danlu+baljutsi&bl
> > {falkone} and {cipnrxakuila}. But these are not set in stone. The little
> bit of research I have done shows that there's no difference between hawks
> and eagles. Some members of the family (Accipitridae [?]) are called hawks
> and some eagles; I couldn't find any good reason for the distinction.
> Although maybe you can enlighten me on this. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan
>
In jbovlaste, Nora created a compound word {katcpi}, meaning "predatory bird."
-epkat