Re: alphabet-animal books
| From: | Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 17:51 |
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Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
>ha ya haprali, e karun añange..... [ya short for yale 'is']
>['xa jaxa'prali e'karuna'JaNge]
>"H is Haprali, the lord of the forest"
>Haprali is the largest Cousin, a panther-like animal
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>Ha is the first letter of the Kash alphabet, so it's just a start..... I
>don't have many other animal names, certainly not 25.
I had a look through the lexicon, and while Rhean has quite a few animal
names, it does not (yet) have them for all 31 letters. Here's what I got:
ava "bird" (apyon "bee")
bas "cat" (bisru "ape"; bös'ro "donkey")
c ?
c'os'te "butterfly" (or c'etlo "oyster" ... nah.)
dinvok "turkey"
e ?
far "mouse" (folg "wolf")
g ?
g' ?
höz' "sheep"
ivap "deer" (iru "ant")
jigra "frog"
kuma "bear" (karto "eagle" kenc'va "worm)
k'ujik "whale"
lief "lion" (lüc' "snake")
muk' "fly" (any kind)
nimar "tiger"
og'let "turtle" (ork'o "pig")
ö ?
paaki "spider" (pivik "squirrel")
r ?
sig'ir "ox" (sadafzluk "snail")
s'ke "goat"
tawok "chicken"
uski "rabbit"
ürok "dog" (üplos "horse")
vürel "fox"
w ?
yus' "cow"
z ?
z' ?
That's 22 of 31 covered. So far. I imagine this is more difficult for those
whose languages are not spoken on Earth: you must invent not only names,
but the animals themselves! But wouldn't it be interesting to have a look
through an alphabet book of conworld fauna.
M
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