Re: [lojban] leleshwa

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 07:32:20PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I recently found out about an essential oil and would like your opinion about 
> what to call it in Lojban. Here are some possibilities:
> lelcua, from Masai leleshwa, which is what it's usually called in English.
>
> tarxonanto, from the genus name Tarchonanthus. Someone explained this
> as meaning "funeral flower", but he's not sure why.

Can't use the species name?

-Robin

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