Re: TANGENT: Animals

On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:06:49 -0700, Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> wrote:

>So this kind of ties in with the nature of the list, have any of you
>actually concentrated on names for animals in your conlangs(earth =
animals
>or otherwise)? I havent yet, the only one i have is bat (ladontaro) .
Tirelat has a whole bunch of animal words, mainly birds and mammals. Some
of them are very specific like "rej" (bushy-tailed cloudrunner) and "kop"
(pileated woodpecker), while others are more generic: "znal" (insect),
"ryul" (worm). Although many of these words were originally from Jarrda,
I've reassigned them to Tirelat, since Jarrda has become an alien =
language
and no longer needs many words relating to plants and animals of Earth.

A selection of Tirelat words for animals:

jen "opossum"
virhi "sugar glider"
kirpa "hedgehog"
miji "lemur"
jil "fox"
arka "raccoon"
syora "otter"
myur "ocelot"
kej "dolphin"
war "horse"
gar "deer"
kalgi "mountain goat"
zirik "squirrel"
kitari "chipmunk"
nik "deer mouse"
kyuri "gerbil"
naka "muskrat"
tev "rabbit"
kak "mallard"
cyex "kingfisher"
kir "parrot"
qur "dove"
jyur "crane"
gat "rail"
celki "killdeer"
koga "gull"
yalka "eagle"
nogivak "cormorant"
jana "heron"
javila "flamingo"
tifi "ibis"
vaiko "penguin"
tyon "kingbird"
noki "shrike"
gel "jay"
trun "thrush"
marga "starling"
miramira "mockingbird"
tir "wren"
tyurik "chickadee"
tegla "swallow"
vir "lark"
cyelit "Old World sparrow"
ziripa "New World sparrow"
rhuja "cardinal"
pak=E1zi "monitor lizard"
zivat "anole lizard"
ok=F3ko "chameleon"
znarak "cobra"
vikza "viper"
kyuvat "garter snake"
trik "frog"
pyolga "eel"
zworgi "carp"
gyolak "tuna"
lekta "salmon"
xrakza "shark"
malmo "dragonfly"
cjundi "butterfly"
gag "bug"
kikri "cricket"
nasir "cicada"
cjaz "beetle"

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