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Re: Butterflies

From:Eddy Ohlms <ohlms@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 11:42
Peter Bleackley wrote:

> In the recent discussion of words for "butterfly", I noticed two things- > 1) Words for butterfly often contain labial sounds > 2) An element of reduplication is frequently present. >
My conlang, much like Mohawk, is low on labial sounds, although it does have m.
> > I have therefore decided that the Khangaþyagon for butterfly will be > "babal" (pronounced [b&b&l]). What are other people's words for butterfly? > > Pete