Re: Pali and Tagalog Question...

Roger Mills wrote:

> An old book (from the 50s or 60s) gives a pretty complete summation of Skt.
> loans in Indonesia, and you'll no doubt recognize some Philippine friends
> there too--- Gonda _Sanskrit in Indonesia_.
A book I wouldn't mind having for my "Bahasa Vijaya" project, but in
absence of it, I've found this sweet website:

http://crcl.th.net/indic/indo.htm

It has the most complete list I've found on the web - with the Malay
right next to the Sanskrit, defined and annotated.

> Remember the Tasaday foofaraw? One of the giveaways that they were not a
> "stone age people" was their word for God, liwata IIRC-- clearly Skt.
> devata via some neighboring language, hence most likely post A.D. 1 or so,
> and clearly they were not as isolated as was claimed.
Thanks for reminding me of that; that was an interesting story of
how that was uncovered.

Cheers,
Eamon