Re: [lojban] guess a lujvo

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Sunday 05 June 2011 11:57:03 Michael Turniansky wrote:
>   I'd guess "carob bean ", because the carat, the unit of weight for
> gems comes from the Arabic for carob seed.
>                      --gejyspa

You are correct. I was reading the story of the prodigal son, who in his 
wanderings took a job feeding pigs with κερατια. This looks like a diminutive 
of κερας (horn), but it means "carobs", and is translated "algarrobas" in 
Reina-Valera. It is the source of the Arabic word.

Pierre
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