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> [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Mills
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:27 PM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: fingers
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> Max #1 wrote:
> > I have a question about fingers:
> >
> > How common is it in languages of the world to have diffenrent names
> > for
> > the
> > 4 other fingers than the thumb? Names that are not only a
> distinction of
> > sizes or order?
> >
> Indonesian and some of its relatives have a distinct word for (the 4)
> fingers, but the thumb is called "mother/father of the hand/fingers".
>
> There are sometimes distinct names for the various fingers; I
> only recall
> specific terms for the index (related to 'point') and the pinkie.
>
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