WotD: ivory

[muckefuck]

1. elfenbeinfarben
2. ivoorwit
3. de color marfil
4. de color vori
5. ivoire
6. ifori
7. ar dhath an eabhair
8. 상아색의 (象牙色의)
9. 象牙色 xiàngyásè

Comments

[richardthinks.livejournal.com]

IIRC marfil is pretty much directly the Arabic for ivory/tusk. Are you buying paint or bathroom fittings?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

No, just reading about oliphaunts!

[richardthinks.livejournal.com]

do you know anything about the history of the Yongle Emperor's giraffe, btw? I have a vague sense of its being confused with all sorts of other animals (including the unicorn (ki-rin?) and, again IIRC, rhinoceros), but beyond that I have no idea how it was received in China; if there's any comparison to be made with the reception of exotica in Europe over the next few hundred years.