Re: Souliers (was: Some new Brithenig words?...)

>===== Original Message From Constructed Languages List
>Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
>> > In Tagalog however, tsinelas (said like chinela), (as I know them) are
>> > the slippers with a synthetic sole, and a band across the foot, with a
>> > "thong" that connects the upper band to the sole, and which rests between
>> > the big toe and the one next to it. These are usually very cheap and are
>> > kind of sensible, since full shoes can be sweaty and hot in the tropics.
>>
>> We call them "tongs" (or "tongues") in French.
>
>I call these "zori" which I believe is the Japanese term.  As a child I
>constructed the singular "zoro" from this.
I would just call them 'sandals'.  I think the rest of my family would call
them 'flip-flops'.


     *Muke!