Re: OT: Another analytic question

On Jan 12, 2005, at 5:27 PM, caeruleancentaur wrote:
> Also of interest: kitabu, book, is an Arabic loan word from "ktb"(?),
> to read.  I am more familiar with the Hebrew triphonetic stem.  There
> is a class of ki- nouns in Swahili which take the plural in vi-:
> kisu, knife; visu, knives.  Kitabu is treated as a ki- class noun
> with the plural vitabu, books!!!!
> Charlie
> http://wiki.frath.net/User:Caeruleancentaur
/ktb/ = 'write'


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