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The similarity of words for mother in languages not usually thought of as historically closely related, such as Malayalm (and other Dravidian languages, Tamil, Kannada, Telegu) and Indo-European languages (such as English, Latin, Sanskrit, Russian, etc.), is that there is something about labiality sounds such as m, p, and b are bilabials) and suckling. (Please note that I am not advocating this position, just reporting it.) An exception in Hindi is maamaa 'maternal uncle'.
An important and, to my mind, true quality of languages in general is the arbitrary nature of the relationship between a word and the concept underlying it (or if you will, the thing to which it refers). Saussure was the first to state this.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Words with similar Pronounciation across languages Joseph Joyan 05/01/07 02:42 AM Re: Words with similar Pronounciation across languages zmjezhd 05/01/07 04:41 AM Re: Words with similar Pronounciation across languages wsieber 05/01/07 12:06 PM German has a phrase for it AnnaStrophic 05/01/07 12:47 PM and English has a word for it tsuwm 05/01/07 02:34 PM Re: and English has a word for it of troy 05/01/07 02:50 PM Re: and English has a word for it Faldage 05/02/07 02:07 AM Re: and English has a word for it Joseph Joyan 05/02/07 04:26 AM Re: and English has a word for it zmjezhd 05/02/07 03:15 PM Re: and English has a word for it BranShea 05/02/07 05:56 PM
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