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
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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)