Re: Which Manansala? (was [tied] a(i)s-)

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
>
>
> To use my own example, let's imagine you want to find an AN match

for

> PIE *dHeg^Hm-/*dHg^Hom- ~ *g^Hom- 'earth'. A cursory glance at one

of

> the pages in an Austronesian comparative dictionary will give you
> Murut dagana? 'earth (as opposed to sky)' (jeez, it's pure
> Hittite!!), Balinese gumi 'earth, world', Pazeh daxe 'soil, clay,
> earth' -- a beginning that promises a nice collection of matches if
> you cast your net wide, and note that I haven't yet begun to relax
> the semantics of the comparison. Of course the more numerous word
> lists or the more inclusive dictionary you have, the easier the

task.

>
> You can also, if you prefer, compare Sanskrit bHu:mi- 'earth' with
> Indonesian bumi, Madurese bumi, Javanese bumi, Sasak bumi, Sunda
> bumi, etc. -- all meaning "earth"! Guess what's wrong here. You

might

> think it's a naive parody, but some of Manansala's matches are

really

> of this kind.
>
>
> Piotr

Thank you for the examples. I can see you are beginning to come
around.

Torsten