Lexember 30 (2023)

You could say that this story grew in the telling. Today’s theme from ConWorkShop is No theme!. I had been worrying about the word ‘angiosperm’ for a while. How would the Rireinukave describe plants that protect their seeds in some kind of booth or cover? Today I settled on ‘covered-seed-plant’ as the word. And the coordinate term, ‘gymnosperm’, is ‘mere-seed-plant’. And then there were some other botanical terms that were so very important to have right now.

[taraoti] kaki otipuke yakave saki tarana kevekave:
botany.NOM which.REL study-branch.NOM be-PRS–HSY that.NOM plant-PTV study-PRS–HSY ||
Botany is the science that studies plants.

anetara /ˈɑneˌtɑɹɑ/ n. IN (bot.) cryptogam, spore plant
ñasuñeetara /ˈŋɑsuˌŋeeˌtɑɹɑ/ n. IN (bot.) angiosperm
ñeetara /ˈŋeeˌtɑɹɑ/ n. IN (bot.) seed plant, spermatophyte, phanerogam
tañoño /ˈtɑŋoŋo/ n. IN 1. tube (container);
2. (bot.) vessel, trachea
tañoñotara /ˈtɑŋoŋoˌtɑɹɑ/ n. IN (bot.) vascular plant, tracheophyte
tañoñopu /ˈtɑŋoŋopu/ adj. vascular
sikoñeetara /ˈsikoˌŋeeˌtɑɹɑ/ n. IN (bot.) gymnosperm