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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Native American words #161245 08/01/06 03:01 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Quote: Faldage and our friend weren't sure which of two it was: to my Latin-language-trained ear, I heard them say it was either "Juanita" or "La Mocha." So I'm like why did a couple small lakes in upstate New York get Spanish (-sounding) names? A slightly high-falutin Indonesian word for 'woman' is 'wanita'. My dictionary informs me, however, that it comes from Sanskrit. Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Native American words AnnaStrophic 07/29/06 08:44 PM Re: Native American words themilum 07/29/06 10:35 PM Re: Native American words Faldage 07/30/06 11:19 AM Re: Native American words themilum 07/30/06 12:16 PM Re: Native American words Faldage 07/30/06 12:43 PM Re: Native American words of troy 07/30/06 01:32 PM Re: Native American words Buffalo Shrdlu 07/30/06 02:11 PM Re: Native American words themilum 07/30/06 03:48 PM Re: Native American words Bingley 08/01/06 03:01 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 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 (), 670 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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