--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "The Egyptian Chronicles"
> Third: In Welsh, Calaf has two precise definitions: 1) reed (s)
n.f. (calafon/calafau); 2) stalk(s) n.f. (calafon/calafau). These
correspond to the Classical Arabic glf جÙÙ
Written Welsh <f> represents spoken /v/, and derives from intervocalic
/b/ or /m/ in Proto-Celtic or Latin. This makes the phonetic match poor.
Richard.