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

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Thursday, October 7, 1999, 0:17
Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
>=20 > Hmm, a closet conlanger making dictionaries? :-) But seriously, that'=
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> a good question. Does this occur in many other natlangs? That is, > using odd collectives?
In Spanish there are a lot, but most of them are very rarely used. From the top of my head: _jauri'a_ (dogs or wolves) _bandada_ (birds) _banco_ (fish) _cardumen_ (fish) [technical word] _manada_ (wild animals in general) _caterva_ (cats) [*very* rare] _piara_ (pigs) _yunta_ (two animals of the same kind, esp. yoked oxen or donkeys, etc.) _nidada_ (all the little birds of the same age in a nest) _manga_ (locusts) There are more, esp. for specific animals, but I can't remember them. Another thing: what about animal noises? Those are quite a few... Gee, I have to sit down and think about them for Drasel=E9q! --Pablo Flores http://draseleq.conlang.org/pablo-david/