[lojban] Re: Russian etymology of Lojban

[Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote:
>
>
> > I spotted this one.  Here is the full etymology (which includes words that
> > were run but yielded a lesser score)
> >
> > vulva i20a
> > Chinese  wai\yin- (uaiiin)
> > English  vulva (valva) pudend-um (piudend) cunt (kant)
> > Hindi    bhag (bag) cut (cut)
> > Spanish  vulva (vulva) cun~o (kuno)
>
> "coño"
>
> > From the orginal etymology sheet:
> > Note: "This is a good concept but hard to look up because many lang's with
> > masc/fem endings simply have a root that implies this and the ending
> > specifies whether you mean "brother" or "sister". e.f. S. hermos-a;
>
> "hermana"

The note was probably by Tommy Whitlock, who didn't do the Spanish. 
Since Nora ended up finding a different word, this error turns out not 
to matter.  Probably he got it confused by the neighboring street name 
here, which is Hermosa.

But you clearly show the limitations of our word-making work.

lojbab



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