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Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

From:Cian Ross <cian@...>
Date:Saturday, April 1, 2006, 8:51
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 18:24 -0500, Jim Henry wrote:
> Have any of y'all decided on the names of chess pieces in > your conlangs?
Veldan seems to be well enough developed for this: king regas queen regis bishop syero`s ("priest") knight sequosoplos ("horse-soldier") rook os ("castle" or "fortress") pawn soplos ("soldier") capture ce:pa- ("take") check Ti:ro i regan. ("Guard the king.") checkmate Ethat regas. ("The king has died.") castle oswo- [1] en passant eint uxi:ve ("a going beside (something)") [1] os + verb-former that denotes motion (among other things) Cian Ross cian@cox-internet.com http://crlh.tzo.org/~cian/conlang/

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