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Meaning: moon
Hans-Jörg Bibiko edited this page Feb 16, 2020
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I saw the moon and the sun in the sky.
- The term selected should be the basic, default word for the (earth’s) moon.
- In most languages this will be the term that is directly paired with the term for the IE-CoR meaning sun, in basic phrases such as sun and moon, as in the illustrative context.
- In many languages the basic term may also be applied to the satellites of other planets, but do not select technical or astronomical cover-terms that do not by default, when not further qualified, refer specifically to the earth’s moon, e.g. satellite. E.g. in Russian the target lexeme is Луна (luna), not спутник (sputnik).
- Enter the literal term for the celestial body. Avoid loaded terms that inherently carry more specific senses of any sort, e.g. personifications of the moon, the moon seen in religious or mystical senses, the moon as a source of light at night, etc..
- Avoid narrower terms for specific stages or appearances of the moon, e.g. crescent, Russian месяц (mesyats), full moon, blood moon.
- Some languages use the same basic word also in the time meaning month. Avoid, however, terms that refer primarily to the moon in the sense of the period of its orbit as the time-unit of a month, e.g. in Russian the target lexeme is Луна (luna), not месяц (mesyats).
- See also the IE-CoR meaning sun.