Re: [lojban] frugari?

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

On Wednesday 17 August 2011 20:26:14 Frank wrote:
> Ah, yes. Typo. My bad. Using the genus name makes some sense, I suppose.
> Hmm, at the same time, though, it has a huge latin (the language) influence
> though. I might try to come up with one with a strictly lojbanic origin.

Botanical Latin (much of which is Greek) has a great influence on English 
plant names, so I don't find that odd. Geranium, azalea (obsolete genus), 
rhododendron (now includes azalea), violet (Viola), coleus, cactus, ... Some 
Lojban animal or plant names are from indigenous languages, e.g. "arxokuna" 
(aka prokiono or lumge'u) and "ckankua" are both from the same Algonquian 
sources as the English words. I recently added "xomxeci", from the Seri 
language spoken in the area where the plant grows.

Pierre
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