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[lojban-beginners] Re: Nick-cmevla
On 11/26/05, Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, names are not meant to be interpreted anyway, so that
> > shouldn't necessarily be a problem. For example the name
> > "Rita" in Spanish ends in -ita but is not a diminutive.
>
> And all this time I thought it was short for "Margarita", which is also not
> a diminutive.
I think that is its etymology, yes, but now it's a name on its own.
("Margarita" comes from the Greek word for "pearl".)
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