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    In an obscure foreign language, 'rota mena lapy' means large apple tree, 'rota firg' means small apple, and 'mena mola' means large pineapple. Which word means tree?

    Question #26202. Asked by Nude Dude. (Jan 10 03 3:05 AM)


    Hamster

    		Lapy means tree.

    Jan 10 03, 3:09 AM
    riotgrrl

    		I deduce that 'rota' means apple, 'mena' means large, 'mola' means pineapple and 'firg' means small, leaving 'lapy' to mean tree.

    In a real language, it could be dangerous to assume a simple one-to-one correspondance with English words.

    Jan 10 03, 3:11 AM

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