Is that a European neologism to bridge between the two cultures?
On Tuesday 17 October 2006 03:23, komfo,amonan wrote:
> On 10/16/06, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
> > To: lojban-list@lojban.org
> > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:12:32 -0400
> > Subject: [lojban] Re: Medieval
> >
> > > On Sunday 15 October 2006 21:40, Yanis Batura wrote:
> > > > What are your suggestions for saying "medieval" in Lojban?
> > >
> > > The literal translation is {mijycedra}, but there are a lot more eras
> >
> > before
> >
> > > the middle one than after it, so there has to be a better word.
> > >
> > > Checking the Wikipedia article, it looks like it's a European period,
> > > so {ronmijycedra} might work.
> >
> > Hmmm... I needed that word for talking about ninjas and samurais... :)
>
> According to Wikipedia's History of Japan article there is a period called
> the "Japanese Middle Ages". So perhaps {ponmijycedra}.
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