From: habarakhe4 (theophilus88@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 03:00:19 EST
--- In romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com, Adam Walker <carrajena@y...>
wrote:
> Well, since I sent some bird words (donning anti-song
> ear plugs) I though the mamilian inhabitants of C-a
> lands might be a wee miffed if I faild to give them
> equal time so here's a list of currently extant animal
> names:
>
> camel -- gameli
> wolf -- lubu
> dog -- cani (pet or working), ceubi (stray or
> wild)
> goat -- cabra
> deer -- chervu
> elephant -- euvandi
> donkey -- axinu
> horse -- cavaju, jimeli
> hare -- lebri
> otter -- lurra (do they have otters in North
> Africa?)
> lynx -- linchi
> rabbit -- cuniguu
> sheep -- ovija
> rat -- radunu
> pig -- ganzi
> bear -- urzu
> fox -- vupi
Fortunatian:
camel - camer/aux
canary - prob'ly a Guanche/Berber word
wolf - ruf/aux
dog - can/ex
goat - cafrau/x, cafra/x
deer - boch/ax
elephant - orhuant/ex [@rwant-]
donkey - axin/aux
horse - ep/aux
hare - rofre/x
rabbit - Are rabbits native to North Africa? If so, prob'ly from
Berber.
sheep - ob/ex
rat - rat/aux
pig - xu/x (<Lat. sus)
bear - ux/ox
fox - byrp/ex
>
> That's all at present. I have yet to name some
> significant animals, but . . .
>
> Adam
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