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[lojban] Re: Help with "beak", please.
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:04:15AM -0800, Jim Carter wrote:
> "jgalu moklu" is tempting, but I think I'd prefer a proper
> translation of "snout" as in "projecting mouth". But I wasn't
> able to get a good gismu for "projecting".
There's kruvi, for "curve" or "bend", and genxu for "hook" or
"crook" shaped. There's also ze'o for "outward", which has rafsi
"zev". There's also "bartu" which means "exterior".
What about making a lujvo of "bartu moklu" for snout, and then
attaching "jgalu" to that?
Something like:
barmo'u == b1=m1 is the exterior mouth / snout / mount organ
extending outwards from body b2=m2
ja'urbarmo'u == j1=b1=m1 is the exterior hard mouth / beak extending
outwards from body b2=m2=j2
I just noticed calku, but I'm thinking it shouldn't get involved
because there's no shell *over* anything.
-Robin
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