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Re: electronyms

From:Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>
Date:Saturday, September 15, 2007, 13:03
--- R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:

> John Vertical wrote: > [snip] > > The crutch is that Finnish doesn't really derive > _sähkö_ from anywhere - > > it's a completely inanalyzable word with no > secondary meanings, basically an > > a priori coinage with some vaig phonesthetic > influences. I was wondering if > > any other natlang also does THAT. > > An a_priori coinage? Interesting - I'm not aware of > any natlang that > does that for electricity. >
Again, Kazakh has the word /tOq/, which is completely undrelated to anything and means electrical power. The lights go out because /tOq jOq/ - no power. ===== Lost in thought - please send out search party ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html

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