Re: Gallopavo (was: Re: fruitbats)

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, 23:51 CET, Tom H. Chappell wrote:

 > And how do you say, in your conlang(s), the
 > "chicken-peacock", known
 > in English as "the Turkey" (the bird formerly known as
 > "the Guinea-
 > Fowl"), and in French as "l'Oiseau d'Inde" or "Dindon
 > Sauvage", and
 > in Spanish as "Guajalote Norten~o"?

Since my conpeople supposedly live on another planet not
unlike earth, they've got different animals than we have --
although when I need to translate an animal's name I always
write <animal> <word> (similar to Earth's <animal>) because
according to what I learnt in Biology at school, it's always
similar animals that fill a niche (word?). So according to
the evolution, why shouldn't there develop animals that are
similar to the one of the same niche on Earth?

There is no word for "animal similar to a turkey" yet,
though.

As for natlangs, in German they're called _Truthahn_ (sg, m)
and _Truthenne_ (sg, f) or _Pute_ (sg, f). Their meat is
called _Putenfleisch_.

Carsten
... not very active wrt conlanging these days

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(Calvin nay Hobbes)