Re: CHAT: "boocoo"
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 18:03 |
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Stone Gordonssen scripsit:
> Like "Eskimo" or "Esquimeaux" - meaning "flesh eaters" - for the Inuit
This etymology turns out to be quite shaky, however. My favorite instance
of the effect is "Anasazi" for the extinct pueblo dwellers of the
American Southwest: Navajo for "ancestors of the enemies".
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