Lexember Day One: Rabbits
clare_dragonfly asked for the Calenyen word for bunnies. So:
Lexember Day 3:
Bunnies, it must be bunnies♪
They have three variants on the rabbit on Reiassan:
The Kaler, a domesticated fur rabbit, small and generally friendly. Their fur comes in a wide variety of naturally-occurring colors and is well known to be good for baby clothes and underclothes.
The Zhyoobie, the wild version, which is about the size of a squirrel, eats plants one wants to keep, and nobody has yet made a Peter Rabbit book about. It's known to make its nest in the remnants of other animals' nests, and generally leaves a mess of wherever it nests.
The Natiel, a large hare, sometimes domesticated but often wild. These are the biggest of the rabbits, brought over by the Bitrani settlers, and named by them (nateo), but they do not thrive in the warm climates of southern Reiassan and have mostly migrated north.
This is not the first time I've shamelessly named things in Calenyen for people, as much as the language allows. The Zhyoobie and the Natiel are named after people I know/have known in other parts of my life.
Lots of days left to go! Stop in and give me something to word about!
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