bats (was: Re: Austin, Utopia, Uglossia, and Bats.)

Sally Caves asked:

>Do any of you have bats in your conworlds?  If so, what's the word?
>I have _apo~_ /'apu/ in my old dictionary, plural _mimmapo_ /mI'mapu/
The Tokana word for bat is _moniesek_.  _Monie_ means "pair of wings"
(from _monen_ "wing"), and _sek_ is an element found in the names of
many small mammals, such as _osek_ "field mouse", _kepsek_ "squirrel",
and _sekit_ "rat".

Matt.