Re: OT: clothing terms (was: Re: OT: CUNY...)

From: "Danny Wier" <dawier@...>


| I got a few examples in Tech:
|
| dab : latch, buckle
| kal. (l. = retroflex l) : hide, skin (term for traditional war garb)
| kat : skirt, tunic
| qam (or Xam) : to cover; covering, undergarments
|
| Now these are just simple words; most clothing words will be extended or
| compounded (i.e. having three or more consonants).

And I already have at least one of the latter:

tl'yãd : bandage, harness, girdle (from Semitic d.-m-d, "to bandage")

This is also another example of Tech's phonetic chaos.

~DaW~


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