Re: Animal Sounds like...

At 06:30 PM 11/20/98 -0500, Nik Taylor wrote:
>Sally Caves wrote:
>>         ykwa            /'ikw@/         EE-kwuh
>
>Horse (as in _equus_)
>
>>         kwermit         /'kwErmIt/      KWEHR-mit
>
>Makes me think of a frog, but since that's not one of your choices,  I'd
>guess duck.
>
>>         kokly           /'kukli/        KOO-klee
>
>Chicken?
>
>>         rakkydna        /ra'kidn@/      rah-KEED-nuh
>
>Spider?  (arachnid)
>
>>         yno             /'inu/          EE-noo
>
>Cow?
>
>The others I had absolutely no clue on.
>
Well, fulpa would be fox, as in Vulpes.
And, marto makes me think of Martes, which is the name for ferrets and
weasels, but I don't think either of those were on the list.
And, yba is probably sheep, as in Ovis, ewe, etc.



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