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Subject: Re: Beyond Whorf: "things," "qualities," and the origin    of   nouns and adjectives
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--- In lojban@egroups.com, Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@M...> wrote:

> Logically, yes.  Here is an exegesis of my associations: {ninba}
> has {ba} (Russian _ba_ `granny' (abbreviated address form), Japanese
> _b=E2_ `grandmother', Vietnamese _b=E0_ dto.) where {ninmu} has
{mu}
> (Chinese {mu3} `mother', German _Mu(tter)_ dto.); so {ninba} is to
> {ninmu} as `grandmother' is to `mother'.
>=20
> There is also a syn=E6sthetic effect: Italian _bimba_ `female
child'
> notwithstanding, [b] makes a word sound old, big and heavy to me.

_baby_ (!) _bakazana baenda_ (the *girls* are *walking*) :)))
But: _balawu babaluma bantu_ (the - big? - *lions* bit the - fat? -
men) :(((

.aulun.