humbert@ihlpa.UUCP (shachter) (09/11/85)
I am interesting in knowing the English words for various categories of animals. The following chart should explain itself: Generic Adult Adult Castrated Child Child Child Single;Plural Male Female Male Generic Male Female Horse ; Horses Stallion Mare Gelding ??? Colt Filly ??? ; Cattle Bull Cow Ox <or> Steer Calf ??? ??? Swine ; Swine Boar Sow Barrow Pig ??? ??? Goat ; Goats ??? ??? ??? Kid ??? ??? Sheep ; Sheep Ram Ewe Wether Lamb ??? ??? If you know any words that belong in the cells where I have marked `???', please write to me and tell them to me. You will notice that I am particularly ignorant about goats, since I know only the words `Goat', `Goats', and `Kid' (I don't count the slang words `Billy-goat' and `Nanny-goat', but if you believe that these words, although slang, are those used by farmers, then please write to me and tell me so). The two cells in which I am most interested are the two leftmost cells in the table -- the singular for `Cattle', and the term for an adult male goat. Another interesting point, although totally irrelevant to my current request, is that English has words like `Beef' and `Veal' and `Pork' and `Mutton' which denote the flesh of various categories of animals, as opposed to the living animal. These words are all French (although `Mutton' comes to French through Gaulish, not through Latin). Presumably the Norman rulers did not tend to the animals when alive, but were the only ones who ate them when they were dead. Incidentally, I am still interested in the topic of my previous posting, so if you know any words that distinguish between organic fat and subcutaneous fat, please write to me and let me know. I do not read this newsgroup regularly, and I doubt that the information is of general interest, so please do not post to the net. Thank you in advance for your help. jfs (...!ihnp4!ihlpa!humbert)
christer@kuling.UUCP (Christer Johansson) (09/18/85)
In article <791@ihlpa.UUCP> of Wed, 11-Sep-85 20:42:38 GMT humbert@ihlpa.UUCP (shachter) writes: >I am interesting in knowing the English words for various categories >of animals. >The following chart should explain itself: The table's included below with Swedish tranlsations. As you can see There's only a few words that show any relations to their English counterparts. (This seams to hold for most animals, flowers, trees etc.) I believe this holds for Swedish,German and German,English as well, but am not shore about it. Does anyone on the net know why this is? Have all 'Germanic' languages developed their own words for animals, flowers etc and been unable to influence each other in any higher degree? I'd like too extend the table with other languages, so please mail me your translations and I'll summarize to the net. > Generic Adult Adult Castrated Child Child Child >Single;Plural Male Female Male Generic Male Female >Horse ; Horses Stallion Mare Gelding ??? Colt Filly Ha:st ; Ha:star Hingst Ma:rr Valack Fo:l ??? ??? > ??? ; Cattle Bull Cow Ox <or> Steer Calf ??? ??? Kreatur;Kreatur Tjur Ko Oxe(?) Kalv Tjurkalv Kviga >Swine ; Swine Boar Sow Barrow Pig ??? ??? Svin ; Svin Galt Sugga ??? Kulting ??? ??? <or> Gris ; Grisar >Goat ; Goats ??? ??? ??? Kid ??? ??? Get ; Getter Bock ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? >Sheep ; Sheep Ram Ewe Wether Lamb ??? ??? Fa:r ; Fa:r Bagge Tacka ??? Lamm ??? ??? -- Snail Mail: Christer Johansson Net Mail: {seismo,mcvax}!enea!kuling!christer Sernandersv. 9:136 S-752 63 Uppsala Phone: Int. +46 - 18 46 31 54 SWEDEN Nat. 018 - 46 31 54
suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) (09/19/85)
> I am interesting in knowing the English words for various categories of animals. > The following chart should explain itself: > > > > > Generic Adult Adult Castrated Child Child Child > Single;Plural Male Female Male Generic Male Female > > Horse ; Horses Stallion Mare Gelding ??? Colt Filly > > ??? ; Cattle Bull Cow Ox <or> Steer Calf ??? ??? Cow? Heifer > > Swine ; Swine Boar Sow Barrow Pig ??? ??? Pig Piglet > > Goat ; Goats ??? ??? ??? Kid ??? ??? > > Sheep ; Sheep Ram Ewe Wether Lamb ??? ??? > > > > If you know any words that belong in the cells where I have marked `???', > please write to me and tell them to me. You will notice that I am particularly > ignorant about goats, since I know only the words `Goat', `Goats', and `Kid' > (I don't count the slang words `Billy-goat' and `Nanny-goat', but if you yes yes Also ranchers refer to male calves as "bull calf/ves" > believe that these words, although slang, are those used by farmers, then > please write to me and tell me so). -- Suzanne Barnett uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze phone: (602) 998-4800 us mail: CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division (Formerly Terak Corporation) 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman) (09/22/85)
Foal is used in English for a horse child, though it tends to appear
more often in verb form: "the mare is foaling".
I've never heard ox used for steer. An ox is a completely different animal.
Yearling is used for a young calf, usually male. Sometimes ones uses
bull-calf to be really specific. Heifer is the word for a female calf.
Pigs is usually used in the States instead of swine.
A male goat is a billygoat, and a female one is a nannygoat.
I know of no corresponding gender-specific words for lambs.
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John Quarterman, UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq
ARPA Internet and CSNET: jsq@sally.UTEXAS.EDU, formerly jsq@ut-sally.ARPArob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) (09/23/85)
This is somewhat incidental to the original request, but for horses, a foal is a "baby" horse of either gender, while a filly and a colt are a female and male, respectively "non-adult" horse. I.e. "foal" is usually used for horses no more than one year old, while "filly" and "colt" are usually used for horses up to 5 years old (when they are considered full-grown).
ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (09/24/85)
> I've never heard ox used for steer. An ox is a completely different animal.
Really? Back when I was taking ag courses, the only difference
they talked about was the age of castration...
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--rick heli
(... ucbvax!ucdavis!groucho!ccrrick)cgm@idec.UUCP (Colin McKenzie) (09/24/85)
In article <724@terak.UUCP> suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) writes/includes from a previous posting: >> I am interesting in knowing the English words for >> various categories of animals. >> >> Generic Adult Adult Castrated Child Child Child >> ingle;Plural Male Female Male Generic Male Female >> >> Horse ; Horses Stallion Mare Gelding ??? Colt Filly >> >> ??? ; Cattle Bull Cow Ox <or> Steer Calf ??? ??? > Cow? Heifer >> >> If you know any words that belong in the cells where I have marked `???', >> please write to me and tell them to me. > >Also ranchers refer to male calves as "bull calf/ves" I would use "Foal" for a young horse, and "Bullock" for a young Bull. The term "Ox" is the nearest thing to a generic singular for Cattle (Oxen). Colin McKenzie.