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[despammed] Re: Latin Hebrew creole -- some samples

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Sunday, January 5, 2003, 6:07
Steg Belsky wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:24:02 -0600 Patrick Dunn <pdunn@...> > writes: > >>The question word is "ke." It means both "what" and "who," and is >>prefixed to >>other words to make "where," "when," "why," and "how": >>ke-loko -- where? >>ke-tempo -- when? >>per-ke -- why? >>ke-modo -- how? >>ke-kanto -- how much? how many? > > - > > Is "ke" from Latin? (so "per-ke" = Spanish "por qué"?)
Looks like "qu" became "k". So qui -> ke.