Re: Different words for one thing

FFlores wrote:
> u    [u]      'drinkable or flowing water'
> huti ['PutSi] 'undrinkable water, unmoving dirty water'
Japanese distinguishes between cold water (= "mizu") and hot water
("o-yu"). I was told by my teacher that they don't have a generic word
for just "water".

Laurie
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