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Re: : Butterflies

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Thursday, November 3, 2005, 21:13
caeruleancentaur wrote:

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> My Welsh dictionary gives 3 words: glöyn byw,
glöyn byw piece-of-coal living = living (glowing) piece of coal
>iâr fach yr haf,
hen little the summer = the little hen of summer >
>pili-pala. This last one is a delightful word; is it onomatopoetic?
AFAIK, yes. In my 22 years sojourn in Wales, it was the only term I actually heard in speech. Possibly the variants are regional. [snip]
> > I've saved the Latin until last. The Latin word is papilio (-nis) > which AHD says is of unknow origin.
From which comes French 'papillon' -- Ray ================================== ray@carolandray.plus.com http://www.carolandray.plus.com ================================== MAKE POVERTY HISTORY

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