From: ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...>
> Come to think of it, /coco/ [tSotSo] could very well be onomat. for the
> sound of sucking at the breast;
That's what I'm talkin' about!
The actual word for "suck" in Géarthnuns is "ndhürez," which I doubt would
cascade readily off the lips of babes. "chöchö" struck me as a teat-glomming
sound.
>then it just depends whether Kash mothers
> use pacifiers. Are they really universal??? Anything to keep the little
> buggers quiet???????
That's where the opiates kick in.
> The image arises of one of my cats' habits of grabbing the blanket (or my
> sweat pants) in his mouth and kneading paws furiously.....Another of my cats
> drools badly in bed with me when I pet him.
Oh my, a cat person.
Kou