Re: Oligosynthetic languages in nature.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:12 PM, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
> Eugene Oh wrote:
>>
>> Fuishiki Okamoto? Is that his real name? Because "fuishiki" in Japanese
>> means "subconscious(ly)". Just wondering.
>
> Interesting question. I had always assumed (not knowing that _fuishiki_
> actually had a meaning in Japanese) that his name was Fuishiki. But a quick
> Google gave several references to the guy as Rikishi [Fuishiki] Okamoto. So
> it could well be that Fuishiki was a name that he adopted for himself, maybe
> when, as he wries: "At the age of forty, it was possible for me to gain
> assurance of what truth is, and I found out a way how to obtain this
> absolute truth and supreme good."
That brings up the question of whether "Rikishi" can be a given name.
AIUI, it means "sumo wrestler".

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