Re: Butterflies
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 4, 2005, 15:48 |
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* Benct Philip Jonsson said on 2005-11-04 09:41:23 +0100
> * taliesin the storyteller skrev:
> > what are the word(s) for "butterfly" in various conlangs?
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> The Mærik word is _akopp_.
> Shamefully none of the Sohlob dialects has a word
> for "butterfly" (yet).
>
> I suppose you know the Swedish word is _fjäril_ and
> 'moth' is _nattfjäril_ "night-butterfly".
I'm fond of the Norwegian word for moth, _nattsvermer_. _natt_ is
"night" but _svermer_ can come from two words, _sverm_ "swarm" or the
verb _sverme_ "to be infatuated with, to have a crush on". I suspect the
"swarm" is the correct meaning but oh so much more poetic if they are
poor winged bugs flying about in the night, hopelessly in love with the
light?
t.
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