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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "loreto bagio" <bagoven20@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Very common indeed, the Arabic for 'aunt' almost is the same as
that
> of the Latin. "Amu" is Arabic for 'uncle'. Wonder why it
> became 'boss' in Spanish. Andalucian times? Or older?
>
Sorry, what I forwarded were imperfect. That should be am:mu
for 'your (paternal) uncle' from am- '(paternal) uncle'. Am:meti or
am:mati is 'my (paternal) auntie'. Another interesting contrast is
when they make it (maternal) uncle where it becomes hal.
You can analogize these and that with 'wara' and 'amam', "back"
and "front" respectively.
Loreto