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Re: CHAT: coincidence

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 16:47
Hi!

Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> writes:
>... > FWIW, if I remember correctly, somebody here said that the > Polynesian word for 'fish' is inuk?
Can't remember that. That's more like Greenlandic/Inuktitut for 'person'/'human'. :-) I think 'fish' was said to be 'ika(n)' in Polynesian, 'ika' in turn being Japanese for 'squid'. **Henrik

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