Re: [romanceconlang] Duck, duck, goose. Oh, no, I got stork.

From: Jan van Steenbergen (ijzeren_jan@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 08:08:47 EST


 --- Adam Walker skrzypszy:

< snip very interesting list >

> ***Duck***
> Latin anas

Wenedyk: anac'

> ***Stork***
> Latin ciconia

Wenedyk: czykonia (funny, I just coined this word yesterday, or the day before)

> ***Goose***
> Latin anser

Wenedyk: wa~sierz, gen. wa~s'ry

Some other birdies:
miorl\a = blackbird
paszczyk = sparrow
starn = starling
pul\a = hen
kogut = rooster
czyn' = swan
papuga = parrot

And the word for "bird" itself is "uczo'l\"

Jan

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