Re: Borrowed words from Rumsien

* Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...> [001122 11:32]:
> Here's a list of words borrowed into Montreiano from Rumsien.I had to
> hazard a guess on a few. Most of these refer to things found in nature.
>
> note: x - /S/, j - /h/, ch - /tS/. u before vowels = /w/. i before vowels
> = /j/
>
>
> charos - black abalone
/snip {venarre} list/
> trutulun - turkey vulture
> pinan - yellow jacket
> potoruque - grown dwelling wasp
> tomenxe - wolf
> puchuche - wood-pecker
Beyoooootiful, *ahhhhhhh*, well except _trutulun_, I've never cared much
for initial [tr]. Pity Rumsien is extinct. Are there any related
languages that are still kickin'?


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