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richardhall (User's profile) February 18, 2008, 7:37:21 PM
Does the species Octodon degus, known in English as the degu, have an accepted name in E-o? I'm using 'deguo' as a guess.
How about the more common gerbil? Does that have an E-o name?
Thanks in advance!
How about the more common gerbil? Does that have an E-o name?
Thanks in advance!
Miland (User's profile) February 18, 2008, 7:49:22 PM
The second one is easy - gerbilo appears even in small dictionaries like Wells or McLinen. But deguo is not even in the PIV 2005 (and 'degu' is not even in Benson), so I suggest either coining a neologismo deguo, or translating 'brush-tailed rat' (which is what this creature is) as brosovosta rato.
richardhall (User's profile) February 19, 2008, 7:13:17 AM
I must get myself a dictionary...