Re: anyone speak Italian?

Am 16.11.01, D Tse yscrifef:

> --- In conlang@y..., Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@Y...> wrote:
>> Hey, if anyone speaks Italian, I need your help... well, actually,
>> my mom does. See, my grandpa has this... thing, and on it it says:
Might help to know a little more about the "thing".

>> Macina Temperata
>
[snip]
> OK...I admit I had to look up the dictionary for "macina", but it
> means, as badly as this translates, "moderate/temperate
> millstone/grinder".
>
> macina - n. fem "millstone, grinder (macinacaffè - coffee grinder)
> temperata - adj. fem "moderate, temperate"
Could be a grinding stone of some sort? Or a "thing" that grinds
things to medium size.

> Imperative
Hortatory

Bethez gwaz vaz ha leal.