Re: Some Mujai Idioms
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 7:14 |
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Quoting Matthew Pearson <Matthew.Pearson@...>:
> No idioms to contribute right now, but I just wanted to say that I'm
> very proud of the Tokana word for obsidian, "ehunmehtilas"
> [E.hun.mEh.ti.'las]. It means "midnight glass".
I've been meaning to ask you about this: where'd you get
the coda /h/? Is there a story behind that? (Navaho has
that.)
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