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kelle poolt someone222, 15. november 2013
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someone222 (Näita profiili) 15. november 2013 1:05.29
Bruso (Näita profiili) 17. november 2013 20:47.09
someone222:My late father Dr Donald Broadribb's Esperanto newsletter, Mirmekobo, is available at www.mirmekobo.99k.orgLooks like some interesting stuff.
A little googling shows that "mirmekobo" = "anteater".
What's the etymology of this? I can't get it from mir- or mek-
or mirmek- ...
jismith1989 (Näita profiili) 17. november 2013 20:53.31
Bruso:It's not analysable any further in Esperanto. It just comes from ancient Greek, where myrmekos means 'ant'. In English, myrmecology is, therefore, the study of ants. Myrmecophagous means ant-eating (again from Greek), so I guess that's where it comes from and the 'ph' sound was transformed into a 'b', because myrmecophage would mean ant-eater (like anthropophage is a long, Greek-derived word for a [hu]man-eater/cannibal).someone222:My late father Dr Donald Broadribb's Esperanto newsletter, Mirmekobo, is available at www.mirmekobo.99k.orgLooks like some interesting stuff.
A little googling shows that "mirmekobo" = "anteater".
What's the etymology of this? I can't get it from mir- or mek-
or mirmek- ...
Talking about Greeks, I like the Esperanto translation of Plato in the first issue!
Ondo (Näita profiili) 18. november 2013 14:26.30
Bruso:A little googling shows that "mirmekobo" = "anteater".Exotic and rare animals often don't have established, widely known names in all languages. Wikipedia tells us that this marsupial (poŝbesto, marsupiulo) might be called numbat, banded anteater, marsupial anteater, or walpurti in English. There are not many Esperanto texts about mirmekoboj, but I found at least two other names: numbato kaj poŝ-formikmanĝulo. "Mirmekobo" comes from the scientific name Myrmecobius fasciatus.
What's the etymology of this? I can't get it from mir- or mek-
or mirmek- ...