Re: dhuga:ter ('LARYNGEALS')

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 55896
Date: 2008-03-25

I agree moko can't be the original form but is there a
*boko or something like that?
In English and Spanish there are expressive terms for
"face" but they all have meanings
e.g. English "mug" Spanish "jeta" et al. can be
metaphorically or otherwise related


--- Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...> wrote:
Arnaud . . .
. . .
> >4. in view of some languages having
> >mok "face" (Burushashki, Basque, etc)
>
> Basque moko is an expressive word of no great
> antiquity.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>
>



____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs