Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

> 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?
chess  feina (kings)

king  fena
queen  wana
bishop  bishapa (loan)
knight  [kan]kada  (horse[man])
rook   saima (castle)
pawn  pakla (soldier)

check tat (attend)*
checkmate  fenan  (my king!)*
castle  saimpi  (lit. take refuge in a castle)
capture kati
en passant roválwara (at passing)*

Hüwa! katu oäta paklen. = Damn! this idiot captured my pawn.

*Since chess is borrowed, sometimes these terms
are not translated. e.g. one will hear tshek(meit)! or
shak(mat)! and avid chess players will retain the
french phrases like "a pasaan" and "zhaduub" (spelling
oddities due to transcribing back from Daslya (the
avesta alphabet)).

Harold