[lojban] Re: Assistance requested,

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 15 pi'e 01 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. tsofian@aol.com .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> I couldn't find words for the following english words:
> locust
> auquatic
> sperm
> lobe (as in ear)
>
> I think that aquatic might be limna jau (from "swims in water"), but I'm not
> sure of the construction rules yet.
.skamyxatra

The notes for "{jalra}" (cockroach) recommend "{mantyjalra}" (ant-cockroach)
and "{mudyctijalra}" (wood-eat cockroach) as possible translations for "locust"
or "termite."  I'm not sure how scientifically accurate that is.

The notes for "{djacu}" suggest "{jaupli}" (water-user) to mean "aquatic."  If you want to make a {lujvo} out of "{limna djacu}," that would be "{limjau}."

The word for sperm is "{sovda}," a generic term for gamete, which also covers
eggs & pollen.  If you want to explicitly specify a gamete of the male
persuasion, that would be "{nakso'a}."

There doesn't seem to be an obvious candidate for "earlobe," though.  I suggest
"{dzikerlo}" (low-ear) -- or maybe it should be "{kerdzi}" (ear-low)?

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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