Re: Arthropoda

In a message dated 2000/05/31 10:30:17 AM, you wrote:

>On 31 May, James Campbell wrote:
>
>>In my relentless pursuit of realism (!) for Jameld, and real-life concepts
>>to translate into it, I realized this morning as I was binning a dead
>>bluebottle that I have no term for creepy-crawly.
>
>>So, a Request For Information:
>>What terms exist in your nat- or conlangs as a generic for arthropod
>>creatures? Please specify whether the word is considered childish, or
>>colloquial or whatever, and please provide a literal translation in English
>>if possible.
>
>>So far I have:
>>"Standard" (i.e. Dictionary) German: Krabbeltier [crawling-animal]
>>Dutch: (eng) beestje [animal-DIM; _eng_ = narrow, "creepy"]
>>...but for these too, I'd like to know how they "feel" to a native speaker.
in me unruly pidgin conlang Lingwa Frakas: _ikky-inseki_
_ikky_ is directly derived from English "icky",
_inseki_ is a pidjinization* of "insect"

* a la Chinese Pidgin English