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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.1 (repost #1)

From:Iain E. Davis <feaelin@...>
Date:Sunday, September 3, 2006, 5:43
Thank you, Henrik, for reviving the Vocab of the week.

>> 1. birch (the tree)
Pain
>> 2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
Mormatha (evil wolf)
>> 3. to save (money)
Dorlithiga to hoard or save. the tarai find it synonmous...at the time I wrote that I intended to write something about what that said about their culture, but never did. :)
>> 4. to conquer
Dagatiga
>> 5. motif
Laezpus
> Bonus Vocab (automatically from WordNet): > > - ribbon tree, n. > deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that
resembles
> flax and is called New Zealand cotton
If it is called New Zealand cotton, can I presume that the fiber is used for cloth items? Clothing, rugs, and the like? Google and wikipedia seem to fail me here...I'd be fascinated to hear more. In any case: Tucate
> - concuss, v. > shake violently
Amazing things dictionaries. I would never have thought to use 'concuss' for 'shake violently'. Kezibiga (to shake violently) Feaelin