Re: Language naming terminology

On: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:48:26 -0300
Pablo Flores wrote:
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> >I don't know where Peru or Chile came from.
> I think I read somewhere that Chile comes from Araucano (or some other
> Indian language) _chiri_, 'cold'. And Peru from _biru_ (another native
> word, but I don't know what it means).
        I read somewhere else that Chile is from "cilli", which means
"where the earth ends".

> You didn't mention Brazil and Argentina. 'Brasil' comes from the same root
> as 'brasa' (lit piece of coal, burnt wood reduced to carbon; what's the
> English word?). Apparently there was a tree which produced a flaming red
> tint or something like that, so it was called 'palo brasil', hence the name
> given to the whole country.
        "Pau-brasil", in portugese. "Brasil" means "live-ash(?) colored".


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