Re: a weird question...

>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>alypius wrote:
> > Assuming the aborigines were all illiterate before the English came, how
>do
> > they show the origin of dog from gudaga? Granted, the etymology sounds
> > logical, but many etymologies are only educated guesses.  Does your
>source
> > explain this?
>
>No, but most likely thru comparison with other, related, languages.
>
As I understand it, /dog/ is cognate with /dingo/
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