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Re: NATLANG Q?: Dutch,etc. for "Pangaea" & "Gaia, etc.

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 0:49
Steg Belsky wrote at 2003-01-28 19:29:03 (-0500)
 > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:57:56 -0600 Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
 > writes:
 > > Fakatinatas naSt'iggu-Bilsuk'i (Steg Belsky):
 > > > ranma ~ (n) anarchy; chaos
 >
 > > Are the kanji for that, by any chance "wild horse"?
 > -
 >
 > The dictionary says it's:
 > "riot; war; disorder; disturb" "hemp; flax"
 >
 >
 > -Stephen (Steg)

The first one is the title of Kurosawa's film _Ran_, which I've seen
translated as "Chaos".