Re: [lojban] How do we say "sting"?

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:

On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 09:27:32 Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
> 2015-01-27 7:52 GMT+03:00 Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>:
> > What's the word for "sting"
>
> tunta?

sounds good. Now "batci" appears to require a pair (or more) of opposing jaws
or the like, so a horsefly, but not a mosquito, cu batci. And some animals that
tunta inject something, while others suck blood. So what do the following?:
mosquito
horsefly
flea
front-fanged snake
rear-fanged snake
side-fanged snake
fangless snake
aphid
leech\

  Personally, I'd say the mosquito jestunta, the leech sakbatci and all the rest just batci. 

But maybe it's just me...

               --gejyspa

 (only 59 days of email to go!)

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