Re: Expletives (was Re: [tied] All of creation in Six and Seven)

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 27684
Date: 2003-11-27

Andy:
>How would one render "(male) Bovine excrement" in PIE, or, at least a
>phrase with similar meaning?

Piotr:
>*ukWsn.-sko:r or *tauro-k^okWros, perhaps :-)

Where does *kokWros come from? It doesn't smell right... erh I mean look
right. I thought *kakas was reconstructed or are they two different words.
Is *sko:r an inanimate noun or does the lengthening indicate an absorbed
nominative *-s? What's that root based on? I've never seen it before,
but then again, I try to avoid shit in my life whenever I can :)


= gLeN

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