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Re: Japanese from Tungus

From:Matt Arriola <azathoth500@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 1:47
I don't know what it is, but I'm sure there is one, considering "hon"
is the on'yomi of 本

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:09:26 -0500, Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:
> That could very well be true. Japanese has quite a few borrowed words from > Chinese, and 'ni' may be one of them. Is there a Mandarin cognate to the - > hon/-pon element?