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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is there PIE in your kamra? #126631 03/31/04 12:10 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq OP Carpal Tunnel OP sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui As I dip my tentative Anglo-Indian toes into Hindi, I am often left laughing at the occurrence of words like kamiiz and kamraa (pardon the transliterations), for "room" and "shirt". My question is this: Are these, and others like them, simply coincidences, or are they, as they appear to be, PIE-cousins of their more familiar (to me) European counterparts? noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 12:10 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? belMarduk 03/31/04 12:21 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? Buffalo Shrdlu 03/31/04 12:33 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 12:37 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? Buffalo Shrdlu 03/31/04 12:43 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 01:44 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? belMarduk 03/31/04 02:09 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 03:31 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 03:38 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 03:40 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 03:44 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? Passerby 03/31/04 07:21 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 01:47 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? Buffalo Shrdlu 03/31/04 10:23 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? maahey 03/31/04 08:35 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 09:11 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 02:11 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? of troy 03/31/04 03:12 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? belMarduk 03/31/04 12:54 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 01:31 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 07:40 PM All I can add is: AnnaStrophic 03/31/04 07:50 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? RhubarbCommando 03/31/04 08:00 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? of troy 03/31/04 06:26 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? AlimaeHP 03/31/04 03:11 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? raju 03/31/04 08:49 AM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 01:55 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? sjmaxq 03/31/04 07:36 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 08:09 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? maahey 03/31/04 08:27 PM Re: Is there PIE in your kamra? jheem 03/31/04 09:27 PM Re: an obscurantist writes.... maverick 04/01/04 08:50 AM Re: an obscurantist writes.... belMarduk 04/01/04 04:28 PM Ghazals and Bambayya shanks 04/01/04 06:36 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 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 (), 744 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 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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