Re: Star Names (was; Re; Back!)

In message <19990719.122452.9382.6.draqonfayir@...>, Steg Belsky
<draqonfayir@...> writes

>Well, the Rokbeigalm, being seafaring nomads, probably have their own
>names for many stars and constellations, but i haven't figured them out
>yet.  :)  .  Although they call the North Star _gamnuh-a sudnihmwe-a_,
>"the Unmoving Star".
>
>In Natlangs, i don't know about the stars, but Hebrew uses mostly its own
>words for planets:
I don't know any star names in Elet Anta, although they probably exist,
as the Anta are interested in such things.  These planetary names are in
the dictionary though:

Rak          Mercury
             connected to rakt "fast", also the name of a god
Velthalo     Venus
             velth "twilight" + loa "world"
Loa          Earth
Clas         Mars
             connected to clasant "red", also the name of a god
Arnalo       Jupiter
             arn "big" + loa "world"
Satur        Saturn
             (presumably a loan)
Yacor        Uranus
             possibly yarhu "ancient" + cor "sky"
             not sure if this is the name of a god or not
Vith         Neptune
             connected with vithas "sea", also the name of a god
Pluto        Pluto

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John Fisher   john@drummond.demon.co.uk   johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Elet Anta website: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/
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