Re: Origin of the word 'kivismi'

Henrik Theiling asked:
>Roger Mills <romilly@...> writes:
>>
>> anak is simply 'child'; 'son', 'daughter' require the words for
male/female.
>
>Is there a distinction between `child' (young person) and `child'
(offspring)?>

Hmm, not to my knowledge, and I doubt it.....but I'm open to correction.
I wonder-- how about Tagalog? (Barry?)
There is a word, pemuda, that refers to "young people", more or less teens
and maybe nowadays univ. students.

ObConlang:  confession time:  'child' in Kash is _ana, plural anala_ (both
senses, at the moment, but maybe I'll work on that).

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