Re: [lojban] Re: xagji terjvi

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

On Saturday 16 June 2012 12:28:51 la klaku wrote:
> I don't have enough time right now to suggest words, but I can
> highlight what is important in the names. I'll return with some
> suggestions.
>
> For "katniss" I would use a cmevla based on the latin species name.
> The meaning of the word does not have a great enough symbolic
> importance you should make a distracting lujvo, I think.

It's unlikely that someone'd use the scientific name as a nickname. The common 
name "latfekspa" is more likely to be so used.

> "Nightlock" can be translated freely, since I don't think the name has
> any important connotation, besides some omnious name.

I'm pretty sure it's a blend of "nightshade" and "hemlock". Neither has a 
common name in Lojban that I know or could find. lo tamca .e lo patlu are 
nightshades, and lo tanko .e lo kapsiku belong to the family. Maybe a 
combination of "tanko" and some not-yet-assigned plant name.

> "Mockingjay" is really tricky, since it's a combination of
> "jabberjay" (which also needs to be translated, I guess), and
> "mockingbird". However, the meaning of "to mock" is also important to
> the name - but a name based on the Latin name of Mockingbird will ruin
> any connotations of mocking. Perhaps some pseudo-species-name with
> ga'i?

Why ga'i?

> "Grooseling" simply needs to have some resemblance of "grouse" and a
> diminuitive.

Sounds like a blend of "grouse" and "gosling" to me.

Pierre
-- 
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