nimi kasi

[mije Wi]

Is a pini a kasi?
Is a mushroom a kasi?

[jan Ote]

Is a pini a kasi?

What is 'a pini'?


kasi

[janMato]

By the classic word list, mushrooms are kili:

kili
n fruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroom

[mije Wi]

Is a pini a kasi?

What is 'a pini'?


kasi

Sorry, a kili.
So are mushrooms and other fruits kasi?

[janKipo]

No, kili are the reproductive aspect of kasi: fruit, pine cones, all sorts of things that bear seeds . Actually, I'm not sure about pine cones, since they are not soft and squashy.

[janMato]

No, kili are the reproductive aspect of kasi: fruit, pine cones, all sorts of things that bear seeds . Actually, I'm not sure about pine cones, since they are not soft and squashy.

Ah! That makes sense. Mushrooms though reproduce via spores dispersed from the gills. I guess this is a semantic edge case without a good solution.

[janKipo]

Spores, seeds, whatever, they are the fruiting bodies, they carry the intermediate stage in the reproductive process (between fertilization -- maybe not in mushroom -- and planting).