Re: bax & brx
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 17:28 |
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:20:35PM +0100, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> Ray Brown wrote:
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> >
> >I propose that BrScA be named _bax_ /'baSa/ (it must, if you recall, have
> >the written shape CVC0. The _b_ and _x_ are suggested by B-Sc; the vowel
> >_a_ seems a reasonable vocalization of -r-.
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> Not at all bad seeing that _bhaa.sa_ /b_h\A:s`@/ is "language"
> in Sanskrit! :)
[...]
No kidding. Is that where the Malay word "bahasa" came from, a
borrowing from Indic langs perhaps?
T
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