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Re: [txeqli] Zoy



on 3/9/02 7:08 PM, Mike Wright at darwin@hidden.email wrote:

> Rex May - Baloo wrote:
>> 
>> Zoy it is!  Now, we need an 'any' prefix, because we're going to have to
>> drop the Hindi 'koy,' as being too close to 'zoy.'
> 
> How about "gin", from Scottish Gaelic? (Assuming I've read my _Teach
> Yourself Gaelic_ correctly.) I don't believe there's a clear
> equivalent in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, or Malay, all of
> which seem to make do with various combinations of interrogatives and "all".

Gin may work.  Also maybe kel from French Quelqu'un

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