Re: Arthropoda

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:41:04 +0100, James Campbell <james@...> wrote:

>Herman Miller eskrïremä:
>
>> The Chispa word for "insect" is "kwich'ik", from the root "kwich'", which
>> most frequently refers to grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects. You
>> wouldn't expect "kwich'tip" (insect soup) to contain wasps or butterflies,
>> for instance.
>8<
>> But there isn't a Chispa word for "spider", so perhaps it should be
>> included in the overall "kwich'ik" category.
>
>Blessed Jorthel, I hope not Herman. Spiders in "kwich'tip"? Aieee...
Mizarians don't eat anything that eats other animals, so there wouldn't be
spiders in "kwich'tip". The broad category of "kwich'ik" includes lots of
insects they wouldn't eat, like mantises and cockroaches (the Chispa word
for cockroach in fact translates as "disgusting insect"). Actually, it
would make sense for them to have a distinct word for "edible insect", but
I don't know of one.

>I don't think grasshoppers really count as creepy-crawlies though, do they?
>Now I think about it, it's a term that does exclude certain arthropods on
>the grounds of not being creepy enough.
Mizarians don't have a generic term for "creepy-crawlies", but more
specific categories like beetles, ants, cockroaches, and termites have
individual names. I suppose "yieksa" would be the most appropriate word for
"creepy-crawlies", from the root for "scare": it would mean "scary thing".
But that's a broader category that would include poisonous snakes and
dragons as well.
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