Subject: Re: kobli

From: "Evgueni Sklyanin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:45:56 -0000

--- In lojban@y..., Pierre Abbat <phma@o...> wrote:
> Checking the etymology of {kobli} yields the following:
> Arabic {kurunb}
> English "cole" as in cole slaw
> Spanish "col" cabbage
> Chinese "bái cài" = bok choy (which is the Cantonese pronunciation)
> Hindi {gobi}
> Russian {kapust}
> 
> The three I recognize are brassicae. What are the rest?
> 
> phma

Arabic {kurunb} = brassica oleracea, see
http://www.aiys.org/webdate/gtzrep.html

Hindi: {patta gobi} = cabbage, or lettuce (?! - not brassica)
{phul gobi} = cauliflower,
      
see http://www.recipedelights.com/glossary.htm
and
http://www.bawarchi.com/glossary.html

Russian {kapusta} = cabbage (ultimately from Latin "caput" = head, 
as well as English "cabbage" and French "choux")

mi'e .evgenis.