Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussing?

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From: "dgkilday57" <dgkilday57@...>
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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:10 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussing?


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dgkilday57" <dgkilday57@...>

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Arnaud cited the Arabic word as <qaTu>, and derived it from PAA. I
have only seen <qiTT->, indef. nom. <qiTTun>, def. nom. <al-qiTTu>
quoted. I find no reason whatsoever to refer an Arabic word lacking
demonstrable ancient cognates in other Semitic languages to PAA.

DGK

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Patrick:

I reposed this question in a subsequent e-mail. Please ignore.

An African animal with a name borrowed from Latin?

Unusual to say the least.


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