Re: [TIED] Itchy and Scratchy Stops

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From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 01 June, 2000 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TIED] Itchy and Scratchy Stops


>
> Now, I'm not sure about this new *s^ phoneme that goes zero but if we
> reconstruct *(s)amlu-, at least, things are less speculative. I'd like to
> know where this word was borrowed from too. Semitish **Tamlu:, perhaps?
> Buddha only knows.
>
> - gLeN
>

There is an Arabic /Tamr(un)/ (T=fricative "th") meaning "fruit".
There is also /Tml/, but this means "to get drunk".

Cheers
Dennis





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