Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 5, 2003, 20:29 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> So that's where I made the mistake. I was told that the Ten'ou for the
> planet Uranus was the same as "emperor" :((( .
Tennou, emperor, is written with the kanji for "heaven emperor", while
ten'ousei is written with "heaven king star", a calque of sorts, as
Uranus was the God of the Heavens. :-) Neptune is Kaiousei "Sea King
Star" and Pluto Meiousei "Hell King Star"
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