Talk:English Wordbook/Z

zodiac
Here is my calquing

zodiac =, ultimately to Greek

= zōidiakòs (kýklos) 

= "animal sign"+-ac ("circle") 

= "circle of the animal signs"

= "animal" + "sign" + "circle"

= wight + token + ring

= wighttokenring

Notes: I really, really do not like interpretating "sign" in this context as "token". This does not seem to capture the essence of a zodiac sign, which is closer to a symbol. This is a tryingly nuanced issue. Unfortunately, the current wordbook translation for "symbol" is also very poor (again simply "token"). A good calquing of "symbol" would present a formidable challenge. Please go to English Wordbook/S and help form a better overbringing on its talk page. 23:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)