Re: Color terms and Animal names

Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
> As for animal names, since Kelenj is spoken by a non-human people on
> some other world than this one, they wouldn't have words for our
> fauna. Unfortunately, i never got around to figuring out in detail
> what the Kelenj fauna are. But, I've come up with the words:
[Snip]
> etume
> a large flying creature that steals children at night (unless they're
> at home in bed where they're supposed to be.)
Mythical?

Here's some animals I've invented (altho details are unknown).
Types of fish (probably mostly edible, used in female names):
Ikida'
Siwa'
Slikati'
Disi'
Niaba'
Ilimi'
Dimi'
Kibi'
Lalka'pas
Naituni'
Nilda'
Gima'na
Nissi'
Disita'
Tibi'ni

These are all derived from female friends' names, with a specific
distortion protocol applied (ikida', for instance, comes from "Erica"),
and last names added to a few short names (naituni', for example, < Thai
Nguyen).  For the most part, I simply adapted the name to the phonology,
and then re-arranged consonants, for example, Erica --> Idika --> Ikida
(d = [r] before i/y), Thai Nguyen --> Tainuyin --> Naituniy --> Naituni.

Now, migratory birds (used in male names, derived from male friends'
names, same distortion protocol)
Pina' (from my name, Nik --> nika --> kina --> pina)
Nyata'
Naga'
Swikata'
Dami'ti
Duki'
Kyatla'sa
Swikita'
Kamini'
Yada'
Lapa'
Masuti'n
Budida'
Liba'
Anda'
Pataska'

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