Re: Octha or Ohta?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> > I am sure y. cn. als. expl. ths.:
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> > Or�l & Stol'bova
> > HSED 2066 *q.of- "hoof"
> > Sem *h_upp "hoof": Arab h_uff-, Hss h_ef, Mhr h_ef, Shh h_af.
> > WCh *q.waf- "hoof: Hs kwa:fa, Ang kwe:p.
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> That is borrowed into Khow, not native:
> q�f = claw/talon Kh;

That is interesting.
I assume Khow is a language?
Orël & Stolbobova don't mention it.
Would you like to explain the appearance of a seeming cognate of the IE "hoof" word in AfroAsiatic languages?


Torsten