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Re: Weirdly Derived Compounds

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, September 19, 2002, 13:08
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:16:07 +0300 Markus Miekk-oja <torpet@...>
writes:
> I stumbled across this word in a finnish Bible which seemed very, > very out of place. > I wonder if anyone does have similar irregular derivations for > animals in their natlangs or conlangs? > There's a very wierd twist to this.
> Put together, this "noble wild reindeer" is a LION!
> - Markus
- Where in the Bible does this Noble Wild Reindeer Lion appear? And i guess it's not the normal Finnish word for "Lion"? -Stephen (Steg), brother of the Left-Handed Lithuanian "don't forget your [maxzejrIm] when you go back to school!" "[v@jOsejm l@xO SOlejm]" "[ke@l m@vasr= m@vasr= viejmr=]" (yay for /o:/ > /ej/ soundchanges)