Re: Mille (thousand)

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Re: Mille (thousand)


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Ryan
>
> Hebrew t°?om-i "twin"? where do you get off 'emending' Hebrew?
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> Hebrew t°?om(i) means "twin"
> and Arabic ta?u:m means "twin" as well.
>
> And my guess the vowel in
> (ka?)-ta?om? is *a was right : Arabic has a.
> Nice.
>
> I'm afraid you got a mono-syllabic bias
> One has to read all the word, not just the first letter.
>
> Arnaud
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Arnaud, you never fail to amaze me with what you know and what you do not
know.

Arabic <a> is completely without value for predicting what the AA vowel
might have been. Arabic has vowel patterning through which the quality of
the vowels is determined grammatically not etymologically.

Now, what in Heaven's name, is <º> supposed to signify in Hebrew?

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> The Hebrew root produces words meaning 'harmony', 'match'. I think it
> would
> be obvious to most linguists that the basal meaning seems to be 'similar'
> not 'one'.
>
> You have illustrated the rankest amateurism by attempting to abstract the
> meaning that suits your argument without cursorily researching the
> questions
> at all.
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> Fiflska !
> I love that word.
> Sounds so Chic.
> Arnaud
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Fiflska does not substitute for an answer.


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> Do not dare to ever pronounce to me on methodology again.
>
> Patrick
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> First learn how to find a word
> in a Hebrew or Arabic dictionary
> then we'll move to step 2.
>
> Arnaud
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Are you disputing the connection of the root t?m to words for 'match' and
'harmony'?

A simple yes or no, please.


Patrick

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