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Re: [lojban] Re: I've haddock!
On Friday 21 November 2003 16:13, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> --- Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net> wrote:
> > Can you back-translate these insults?
>
> I found some of them...
>
> > xilyli'icutci baryru'i
ectoplasme à roulettes
ectoplasm on rollerskates (?)
> > soncrzuaua
zouave (originally the name of the Zouaoua tribe of the Kabyle Berber people,
later a military group)
> > ki'ormegdo be paki'o danke'a pe le lidysna pe la brest
>
> mille milliards de mille sabords de tonnerre de Brest
>
> But {ki'ormegdo} is {gigdo} isn't it? Also, I think "sabord"
> is a hole not for the projectile but for the cannon.
Milliard is gigdo; I thought it was "mille millions". I didn't know what a
sabord was until shortly before I sent the post.
> > malvla tavla jesyratcu
>
> porc-épin mal embouché
>
> > selgi'a danti
>
> projectile guidé
>
> > banfyxrula grasu labnyre'a pe paki'o lidysna pe la brest
>
> loup-garou à la graisse de renoncule de mille tonnerre de Brest
>
> > velmictermarxa
cataplasme
poultice
> > ernace grasu kurkyzme
>
> coloquinte à la graisse de hérisson
>
> > daklyxagri
cornemuse
bagpipes
> > batke sincyxagri
ophicléide - or should that be {batke sincytabra}? I get confused by
instruments which are blown with the lips but have side holes.
> > tityjau lotpre
>
> marin d'eau douce
>
> > gersmani
babouin
> > naltaskypinxe
>
> boit-sans-soif
>
> > cidyterploka'a
coupe-jarret
I'm not sure if I understood the explanation correctly. Is jarret the back of
the knee, or the gastrocnemius?
> > ruxseltro
energumène
> > tcica lo nunmrobi'o
>
> trompe-la-mort
phma
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