
Conlangery #128: Lingua Philosophica
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The Meaning of Animal Names
The word for horse is neck pot. Neck is an animal with a cloven hoof. Pot means spirited or brave. Elephant is neck soof, animal with a solid foot. Soft means really big or great. A dog is nique prim. Nick is one of the larger animals that has many toes. Prem means wise. And my favorite of these is the word for cat. Nock DTM. It's covering or concealing something. M is feces. So if you spend as much time as I have scooping cat litter, this really has meaning.
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