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

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:35:19 EST J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> writes:
>     I am wondering how Nederlands and _Romaji_ translate and/or
> spell (& the IPA of said spellings) the following words:
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http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1C
japanese dictionary

>         "void"
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uchuukuukan ~ the void of space
kangekihi ~ void ratio
garandou ~ (adj-na,n) hollowness; emptiness; void
kokuuzou ~ Akasagarbha (bodhisattva); the Receptacle of Void
kuukuu ~ (adj-na,n) empty; vacant; void
shikisokuzekuu ~ (n) Matter is void; All is vanity
munashii (adj) vacant; futile; vain; void; empty; ineffective; lifeless

>         "chaos"
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keeosu (katakana) ~ chaos
keiosu (katakana) ~ chaos
konton ~ (n) confusion; chaos
ranma ~ (n) anarchy; chaos
ranmyaku ~ (adj-na,n) disorder; confusion; chaos
kaosu (katakana) (n) chaos
konton ~ (n) disorder; chaos; confusion
muchitsujo ~ (adj-na,n) disorder; chaos; confusion
konran ~ (n,vs) disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
meppou ~ (adj-na,adv,n) extraordinary; absurd; very; in chaos; incoherent
metsuretsu ~ (adj-na,n) in chaos; incoherent

>          "Pangaea"
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(not found)

>         "evolution"
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goshi ~ (n) the evolution of the usage of a word
kagakushinka ~ (n) chemical evolution
kaihou ~ (n) evolution
shinkaron ~ (n) theory of evolution
kaiku ~ (n) evolution; growth
shinka ~ (n) evolution; progress
shinkaronsha ~ evolutionist

>         "mutation"
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idenshitotsuzenhen'i ~ (n) gene mutation
gajouhen'i ~ (n) bud mutation
tosuzenhen'i ~ (n) mutation
hen'i ~ (n) change; alteration; transmutation; mutation
henten ~ (n,vs) mutation; change; transition
tenpen ~ (n) mutation; change; vicissitude
henshu ~ (n) variety; mutation; freak; novelty; exception; hybrid;
eccentric personality
henka ~ (n,vs) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition;
transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis; variety; diversity;
inflection; declension; conjugation
kawaridane ~ (n) novelty; exception; hybrid; mutation; variety; freak;
eccentric personality
kawaridane ~ (io) (n) novelty; exception; hybrid; mutation; variety;
freak; eccentric personality

>         "Gaia"
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(not found)

>         "fractal"
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furakutaru ~ (n) fractal

>         "cybernetic", "cyberspace", "CyberPunk", "cyborg"
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(search for 'cyber')
(all of the following are katakana)
saibaa ~ cyber
saibane ~ (abbr) cybernation
saibaneeshon ~ cybernation
saiboogu ~ cyborg; cybernetic organism
saibanetikusu ~ cybernetics
saibenetikkusu ~ cybernetics
(this one is kanji)
jinkouzunou ~ cybernetics

>         "sci-fi", "science fiction"
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(first two katakana, last is kanji)
esuefu ~ (n) SF; science fiction
saiensufikushon ~ science fiction
kuusoukagakushousetsu ~ science fiction; sci-fi

>         "Dadaism", "Futurism"
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miraiha ~ (n) futurism

>         "anarchism"
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(first two katakana, last is kanji)
anaakizumu ~ (n) anarchism
anakizumu ~ (n) anarchism
museifushugi ~ (n) (doctrine of) anarchism

>         "improvisation"
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sokugin ~ (n) improvisation (of a poem)
inpurovaizeishon (katakana) ~ improvisation
inpurobizeeshon (katakana) ~ improvisation
sokudai ~ (n) subjects for improvisation
sokkyou ~ (adj-no,n) improvisation; impromptu; off the cuff; without a
score
sokkyoushi ~ (n) improvised poem
kyuugoshirae ~ (adj-na,n) hastily made; improvised preparation
niwakajitate ~ extemporary; improvised
niwakadzukuri ~ makeshift; improvised
niwaka ~ (adj-na,n) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; improvised; offhand
sokkyoushijin ~ improviser

> OBCONLANG:  While we are on this subject matter...
> do any of ya conlangers have words to "cover" and/or express these
> ideas/concepts/ideologies, etc.???
> Hanuman Zhang, 3-Toed-Sloth-Style Gungfu Typist  ;) and Shapeshifter
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Rokbeigalmki has:

|nyathra| = 'void', from |nyeng| 'no' + |athra| 'site, place'
|malreb| = 'chaos, wildness'; connotations of nature and freedom
|nihreng| = 'orderlessness, chaos', from |nih| 'non-' + |reng| 'order,
arrangement'


-Stephen (Steg)
 "aru."

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