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[lojban] Re: Polar bear

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Subject: [lojban] Re: Polar bear
From: Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:40:27 -0400
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On 8/19/05, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org> wrote:

Adam COOPER wrote:
> coi ro do
> Lojban does not seem to have a word for "polar bear".
>
> Inuktitut: nanu, nanuq
> French: ours blanc
> Latin/scientific: Ursus maritimus
> Lojban: { cribe la xamsi }? { cribrnanuku }?
> { natnutku }? [I'm really bad at stage-4 fu'ivla]

I say {bercribe}. {la bercribe} is a constellation.

pe'i there are two such constellations, so you may need { la berbracribe } & { la bercmacribe }.

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- Polar bear
  - From: Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>
- Re: [lojban] Polar bear
  - From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org>

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