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haddock
- To: John Cowan <cowan@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Subject: haddock
- From: Logical Language Group <cbmvax!uunet!grebyn.com!lojbab>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1992 02:57:17 -0400
- Reply-To: Logical Language Group <cbmvax!uunet!grebyn.com!lojbab>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!LOJBAN>
Ivan asks about "xekli'i fiprgadidae"
I tend to check Chinese first when making new tanru, then bounce the result
off my intuition and my English dictionary. The Chinese word for haddock
glosses as black-line-cod. The English dictionary confirms that haddock is
a type of cod - both are members of the family Gadidae (I didn't check this
all that thoroughly - this seemed better than just "fish" %^)
I know nothing about declensions of classical languages, so I didn;t even
try to guess what Nick would do with the family name.
lojbab