From xod@sixgirls.org Wed Sep 05 10:42:55 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2); 5 Sep 2001 17:42:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 53415 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2001 17:19:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 5 Sep 2001 17:19:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta2 with SMTP; 5 Sep 2001 17:19:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f85HJNw18171 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:19:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:19:23 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Sponge sponges & rat bats (was: Questions and observations about taxonomy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, James F. Carter wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > Is {panju} the correct term for a sponge, meaning animal of the phylum > > Porifera? Or is it the thing that holds water, whether it's the skeleton of > > said animal or a piece of cellulose foam? > /panju/ is reserved for the poriferan creature. That's not the impression I get from: sponge x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of sponge/porous material [also metaphorically used for coral, Swiss cheese]; (see cokcu for a generalized absorbant) > > Can anyone think of a better common name for a pigeon than {tcacpi}? > > /voiratcu/ = "flying rat". pe'i a bat is a flying rat. Mammals and all that. ----- "We should destroy the Muslims' homes while leaving the Christians' homes alone." -- Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli Tourism Minister