Re: fruitbats (wasRe: Butterflies)
| From: | João Ricardo de Mendonça <somnicorvus@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 8, 2005, 2:29 |
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On 11/4/05, Jonathan Chang <zhang23@...> wrote:
> :: de-cloak/de-lurk ::
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> Hiya Peeps,
> another similar word to _butterfly_ to translate is _fruitbat_.
> (BTW I am really curious how German, French, Italian, Dutch,etc. & various
> conlangs would translate the phrase "gooey fruitbat")
Portuguese for bat is morcego. I don't know a word for "fruitbat". I
googled for it and came up with "morcego de frutas" or "morcego das
frutas" for the Artibeus lituratus.
gooey fruitbat = "morcego de frutas pegajoso" or "morcego de frutas peguento"
João Ricardo de Mendonça
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