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

J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:

>    My scanty Dutch and Japanese _Romaji_ dictionaries do not have all the
>words I am reaaaally curious about. And my on-line searches were rather
>frustratingly fruitless ::makes like a very vocal, pissed-off fruitbat &
>makes high pitched hissing chirreeps at his bleedin' antique,
>glorified-desktop-sized PDA of a Mac::
Have you tried freedict?
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/

It's got Japanese and Dutch, and a few test searches I tried gave a result
(but of course the obvious "evolutie", "mutatie"...)

>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.???
Rhean must have a few of these. Let me check my dictionary...

>        "void"
iyok - n. empty space, cosmos
makan -  n. space, room, vacuum
wos' - aj. void, empty of contents

>        "chaos"
znad, gondovad - n. chaos, disorder

>        "Pangaea"
Prazemia - "all" + "land" + prosaic geographic ending -ia.

>        "evolution"
lurokwaerud

>        "mutation"
keis'luzak

>        "Gaia"
Sairo - n. ancient deity representing the earth AND present-day word for
planet Earth
Z'umar Sairo tai anuman - n. "Theory of living Earth", like the "Gaia"
theory, that the Earth behaves as a living organism.

>        "fractal"
No such word for that yet.

>        "cybernetic", "cyberspace", "CyberPunk", "cyborg"
Uh... the Rheans are still flying around in zeppelins, for crying out loud.
I would guess robots appear in their science fiction though: mik'inpök.

>        "sci-fi", "science fiction"
ilmo-kap (ilmokakaplir)

>        "Dadaism", "Futurism"
umas'akaf,
Dada-akaf (never existed in their history, hence the bastard term)

>        "anarchism"
bizemirakaf

>        "improvisation"
flijdiefo

So, all but two.

M