Re: Some new Brithenig words? Narbonosc help?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 1:04 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> :))))))))) <rolling on the floor from laughter> Anybody knowing enough Japanese
> for an etymology of this new Japanese martial art Savate (te is "hand", but what
> about sava - a misreading for saba or sawa probably :) -). :))))
Well, _saba_ means "mackerel", and _sawa_ translates as "swamp, marsh,
pond". So, Mackeral-Hand or Swamp-Hand. :-)
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