[lojban] Re: Fragrances

[Pierre Abbat <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Saturday 05 June 2004 13:49, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> Craig:
> > I'm working on a Lojban translation of a poem, and am stymied as to how
> > to refer to certain fragrances. Specifically, how does one say
> > "marjoram", "cardamom", and "lavendar" in Lojban?
>
> This kind of thing is what fu'ivla are for. Maybe marjorana,
> kardamomo, pancrlavanda (or larvanda?). Pierre might
> already have words for some of these.

I've used {kardamomu} for cardamom and was thinking of {vandula} for lavender 
(take the genus name and the "la" falls off). {larvanda} is a lujvo, so I 
wouldn't use it unless I could figure out what {vanda} means. {marjorana} 
sounds better than {majrana}, which is what I was thinking. What about 
oregano?

phma
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