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Re: [lojban-beginners] Lojbanic children



On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:53:50 PM UTC+4, Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:47:52 james riley wrote:
> Does this cross language families? Possible explanation: "Child has
> said something! It's clearly said my name, it wants my attention. I am
> loved by this lump of flesh that has mostly screamed and shat for
> months!"

I've read somewhere that "ma" means the same in English, Chinese, and Quechua.


Haven't you ever seen the etymology  of {mamta}?;)
However, In Turkic and  some Amerindian languages mother is [ina/ani]. It's not a universal thing.



The Chinese word is one of at least six words in four different tones, but in
all three languages it is reduplicated "mama". In Georgian, however, "mama" is
father and "deda" is mother.

Pierre

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