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Re : Re: Re : Reconstruction works, was: Re : a weird question...

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Date:Thursday, September 16, 1999, 21:22
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 16/09/99 21:49:58  , BDW a =E9crit :

> Absolutely. One can easily prove the Denden reflexes of common Tunu > words using the formula Tunu [CV] -> Denden [*(*V)(*G)(*C)(*G)(*V)] > which holds with amazing regularity, especially if we allow for the > semantic shifts that are bound to happen in a history as complex as > the one that intervenes between Tunu and Denden.
i guess G stands for garlic. or spring onion. Denden... Denden... let me see. oh yeah ! Tene-Tene. The famous poem by Lipo-Tai-Sukeng (Twinkling-Worm) goes like this : Lele nai tite All be-eaten Nyateki sini wa except four TOP Tene-Tene nusing. Denden friendly. mathias Kula-Tai-Malong