Re: Animal plurals/collective nouns (was Re: Re:irregularconlangs)

fflores@arnet.com.ar writes:
>_manga_ (locusts)
A sleeve of locusts? :)
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>Another thing: what about animal noises? Those are quite a few...
>Gee, I have to sit down and think about them for Drasel=E9q!

Easy for me, I just reproduce how I think the sound of the animal sounds
to me for Tilon Nevo:

cow - muu=20
chicken - bagak
duck - wak wak
pigeon - kuu kuu
dog - erraof =20
cat - miao
song bird - tsip
crow - kaa kaa
California sea lion - ao ao ao ao (this is a hard one for me to figure
out!)


At least to me this is how those animals sound. Some are a bit hard for m=
e
to put down in words, but close enough.  Double letters are just
lengthened.=20

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Time was I stood where thou dost now
And view'd the dead as thou dost me
Ere long you'll lie as low as I
And others stand and gaze at thee=20