Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Part II: Going While Hog on Yesterday's Piggie Parade

pig/hog words from Edenic guttural-fricative-liquid  K[H]aZeeyR חזיר
Ancient Greek
hys
liquid drop
Arabic                                        
chansir
nasalization (added N)  S-F
Armenian
խոզ   khoz
liquid drop
Arabic, Maltese
chansir
nasalization (added N) 
Aymara (Andean, S. Amerind)
khuchi
liquid drop  S-L
Basque                                   
zerri
guttural drop
Cashmiri  (Pakistan)
sor
guttural drop
Celtic
cukko
ß reversal   liquid drop
Chinese
zhū
ß reversal   liquid drop
Djedy and Fonn (Togo)
agluza
M132  S-G S-L
English                                     sow
sow
guttural drop, W from R
Estonian
orikas
M312 metathesis  S-F
Estonian                                 piglet
kesik
liquid drop  
Finnish
sikka
ß reversal   liquid drop
German (similar in Danish, Swedish, English SWINE … and Polish, Russian )
Schwein
M213 metathesis, all shift
Guarani: Tupi  (Brazil)
kure
fricative drop
Inuit, Eskimo
kwkusi
W from R, guttural reduplicated
Malagassy  (Madagascar)
kisoa
liquid drop
Malay: Tidore
sohof
ß reversal   liquid drop
Modern Greek
chi'ros
M132 metathesis  S-G  S-F
Musgogean: Koasi
(Amerindian natives of LA)                                                         
sokha
ß reversal   liquid drop
Nepali                                  
sungur
M213 metathesis  nasalization (added N) 
Norwegian and Danish
gris
M132 metathesis  S-G  S-F
Old English                              sow
sugu

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