Re: [tied] Re: cardinal points

On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:16:03 +0000, tolgs001 <gs001ns@...> wrote:

>>>mãlai "cornflour", mãlãieT "mellow, soft". Unlikely to
>>>have anything to do with Mehl
>>
>> it is mehl. malai si Meismehl.
>
>mãlai = porumb = cucuruz = pãpu$oi. Perfect
>synonyms, meaning the plant. This is the main
>sense of mãlai.

So what is the etymology? Maize is known as Moorish corn (Cat. blat
de moro), Turkish corn (Ita. granturco), Sarracene corn (Fr. blé
sarrasin), Indian corn (We. indrawn), Arabian corn (Grk. aravosítos)
or Egyptian corn (Tur. mIsIr buGday). Is this "Malay corn"?

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