WE HAVE 7 ANATOMICAL LETTERS. FOLLOW THE EDENIC COLORS:
S = letter shifts: [all vowels are interchangeable, no shifts needed]
S-B = bilabial shift [interchangeable lip letters: B, F, V, W],
S-F = fricative shift [interchangeable whistling letters: Soft C,S,TS]
S-G = guttural shift [interchangeable throat letters: Hard C,G,H,K,Q]
S-D = dental shift [interchangeable tooth letters: D, T, TS]
S-L = liquid shift [interchangeable tongue letters: L,R]
S-N = nasal shift [interchangeable nose letters: M,N]
CALIBER is from Arabic qalib, a shell-like mold or last. Global "SHELL" words long predate Arabic.
Face the incoming 54 "shells" in our chart. No theories or reconstructions: you decide.
קלפה QLeePaH (shell, rind, peel) guttural-liquid-bilabial
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Akkadian (extinct Semitic) |
scale of fish |
Qu Li Ftu |
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Albanian: Indo European |
sheath, thimble, scabbard |
Kë LL ëF |
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Arabic |
POD of the CaRoB |
Ha RR ū Ba S-G S-L S-B |
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Aramaic: Semitic |
to peel, scrape; parchment and playing cards from skins |
QaLaF, to skin; QLahF, a skin, a peel; QaLPeeYN, fish scales |
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Balinese: Austronesian |
the hard-rind coconut |
Ka La Pa |
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Bosnian, Slovene: Slavic |
koliba, hut, a minimal protective shell or shelter |
Ko Li Pa S-B |
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Bulgarian: Slavic |
shell: Cherupka |
CHe Lu P S-L |
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Cebuano: Austrones./Philippines |
bagol, coconut shell [NLC] |
G L B M312 , needs S-B |
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Choctow/Muskegean/Amerind |
akcha̲lhpi is tree bark |
CH L P |
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Choctow/Muskegean/Amerind |
Chilafa, peeling off skin or outer layer |
CH L P |
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Czech: Slavic (see Lithuanian) related.) LLithuanian) |
shell: shkeble after M132 |
Ke L e Pe S-B |
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Estonian: Uralic |
TURTLE |
Ki L P kon |
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Finnish : Uralic |
TORTOISE |
Ki L P i konna |
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French |
calebasse is a gourd |
C L P S-B |
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French we still EMBARK vessels |
Small Boat with tree BARK |
Q L P , BaRQue ßrev, + S-L |
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Greek |
to cover, a cover, like the buds or bark of a eucalyptus |
ka ly ptein (cover, as peel, may be why fruit = karpos) |
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Greek |
Shell κέλυφος |
Ké L y Fos S-B |
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Hawaian : Polynesian |
Oyster |
e L e Po guttural drop |
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Indonesian: Austronesian |
the hard-rind coconut |
Ke La Pa |
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Indonesian |
Small Boat with tree BARK |
Ka Pa L M132 S-L |
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Javanese: Austronesian |
the hard-rind coconut |
Ka La Pa |
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Korean |
rind: After M132 kkopchil: |
KK chiL oP |
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Latin (same in Romance family) |
Small Boat with tree BARK |
BaRCa à CLB ßrev. S-B |
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Lithuanian: Baltic |
shell, nutshell Kevalas |
Ke La Va s M132 S-B |
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Modern Greek |
shell |
Ke Li Pos |
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Ngoni: Bantu [F. Aedo] |
shell, lukorombi (nasalized +M) |
K L P S-L S-B |
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Old Chinese 朴 |
Tree BARK (the outer shell) |
PH R oK à KL P ßrev S-L |
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Old French |
TO PEEL, tug or pull off |
Pi LL ier ßrev guttural drop |
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Persian |
thick-rind melon: kharbus |
KHa L Pus S-L S-B |
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Polish |
tree BARK, rind: LuB |
L P S-B guttural drop
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Polish |
oskalpować, peelable scalp |
K L P (peeled down to root) |
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Russian черепаха |
Turtle: CHeRePakha |
CHeLePa S-L |
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Russian оболочка |
shell, skin: obolochka |
aCHKo Lo Bo ßrev S-B |
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Samoan: Polynesian |
a hut, shelter |
falelaufao guttural drop |
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Sinhala < Sanskrit |
shellfish, after M132 S-B |
Kah-Lu-Bah |
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Slovak |
shell: škrupina |
K Lu Pina S-L |
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Spanish |
Gourd (with thick rind) |
CaLaBaza needs S-B |
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Spanish for West Indies |
Turtle Shell foods from CARAPACE < the Spanish below |
CALIPee, CALIPash |
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Spanish |
Shell of crustaceans |
carapacho |
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Spanish |
Tortoise |
Ga La P ago |
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Sundanese: Austronesian |
the hard-rind coconut |
Ka La Pa |
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Ka La Pa |
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Tamil: Dravidian of India |
Small Boat with tree BARK |
KA L PP a after M132 |
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Thai: Thai-Kadai, Austro-Thai |
peel or rind: Reverse bpleu-uk |
Ku ueL BP reverse |
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Turkish kaplumbaga |
TURTLE and SHELL |
Ka L P umbağa. after M132 |
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Uto-Aztecan: Amerind of Utah |
to shell or shuck corn |
Kï Li Pi |
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Welsh: Celtic |
TURTLE , crwban |
C L P S-L S-B |
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Yiddish: Old Germanic |
KREPLACH, as crepes, food wrapped in a shell of dough |
K L P S-L |
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See guttural-liquid-bilabial shells at entries like: “CAROB,” "CRAB," “EMBARK,” "SCALP," "SHIELD" and "SCALLOP" in our 2,400-page, (2021) E-Word: Edenics Digital Dictionary . www.edenics.org