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Re: Codename "de" (was Re: Country names in national languages)

From:P. M. Arktayg <pmva@...>
Date:Sunday, May 12, 2002, 22:44
Frank George Valoczy ta nugatu-r:

>> Polish _Włochy_, from an old (non-Slavonic) name applied to non-Slavic, >> non-Germanic peoples/tribes; cf. _Walia_ 'Wales', _Wol/oszczyzna_ >> 'Vallachia'.
> Okay, so maybe the Hungarian "olasz" is related to this and to > "ola'h"/"vlax"...?
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>> > Russia = Oroszorsza'g [orosorsa:g] >> > Belarus = Fehe'roroszorsza'g [fehe'rorosorsa'g] (lit "white russian >> > country") >> >> What are [e'] and [a']? Fast typing?
> I can't reproduce accented letters in this bloody mail prog, so I use ' > for acute accent, " for diaresis and double acute.
I guessed but I meant the pronunciation -- you wrote [e'], [a'] instead of [e:], [a:]. By the way, can you describe me all Hungarian vowels?
>> > Poland = Lengyelorsza'g [lEnd_jElorsa:g] (from ???) >> >> Ancient Polish tribe _Le,dzianie_.
> Cool! I've always been curious about that.
Even the pronunciation is similar: [lEn^d_z^&n^e].
>> > Slovakia = Szlova'kia [slova:kiA] or To'torsza'g [to:torsa:g]. To't is the >> > Hungarian name for Slovaks, origin ?? >> >> Maybe something to do with mountains called in Polish, Slovak and Czech >> _Tatry_.
> Hm. Maybe, but we have also the Ma'tra, and there was the Fa'tra too in > addition to Ta'tra...
I have just seen it but what you mean? Are _tátra_, _mátra_ and _fátra_ Hungarian words or Slavonic words? I was looking for this but... _nincs találat_. :) -- /\ P. M. Arktayg mailto:pmva@avenned.com /\ \/ "rubba s.idqin ka:na ’akd_aba min kid_bin" \/ \/\/ 'często prawda jest bardziej kłamliwa niż kłamstwo' \/\/

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