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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread singe #116692 11/26/03 10:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dickens speaks of a young man "singeing" his calves before a fire. I wondered about etymology of "singe". First site I looked at, by that médicin extraordinair, Dr. Wertelecki, I saw an Egyptian statue of a large panther (I guess) licking its kitten, with this footnote: "Singe embrassan son chaton" (Cat embracing kitten), Egyptian, c. 4th century BC. - Louvre Museum, Paris, France." I learned French "singe" = monkey. Since when did it mean a kitten? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: singe #116693 12/04/03 08:03 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Singa is the Indonesian for lion (hence Singapura = lion city). I believe it's from an Indian or Arabic etymon. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: singe #116694 12/04/03 02:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I remember seeing "Simba" as name for lion. But that seems unrelated to "singe". Surprisingly I did not find a good site to confirm this. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: singe #116695 12/05/03 04:30 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I think Simba is Swahili, but I could very well be wrong. On further reflection, I'm inclining to singa being from Sanskrit. Maahey? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: singe #116696 12/05/03 11:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Perhaps Singe was the cat's name. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: singe #116697 12/05/03 02:52 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Simha = lion in Sanskrit. Dunno about Simba - may be convergent evolution? cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: singe #116698 12/05/03 03:05 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If Simba is Swahili only, I wouldn't exclude loan word from a Hindic language. If it has cognates in other Bantu languages I'd tend to go with shanks on the convergence idea. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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