"P&G" wrote:
>No such word. For "hard", you can have the following,
>plus a few compounds:
He was alluding to the Romanian word "tare." It means
"strong; mighty; stiff; hard" and "very" (as such, synonym
of "foarte"). It is assumed that it stems from Lat.
"talis". Some assume it might be a substrate word.
But "atare" (a + tare), meaning "as such", seems to
fit the "talis" assumption. Moreover, "tare", at least in
some regions of Romania, also has the meaning "some; a
few" - a meaning I am not sure Alex is familiar with,
but which again suggests a link to "talis" (and
"tale-quale").
>Peter
George