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--- On Tue, 5/10/11, Adam Walker <carraxan@hidden.email> wrote: > But after a glance at Wikipedia, I > see that archaeological evedence for > couscous eating in North Africa goes back to the 9th > century at least, so > perhaps I should have derived the C-an term from the Berber > seksu which would have given me *sexu /'se.SU/. Ah well. Well, no reason why you can't use seksu for something else -- why not a variety of cuscus? Or a cuscus dish? Or something to do with cuscus production / cooking? Loucarian is full of such doublets and triplets. Padraic > Adam > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Adam Walker <carraxan@hidden.email> > wrote: > > > The word is from Arabic kuskus < kaskasa "he > pounded." Couscous is an > > important pasta in Carraxan lands. Carrajina has > a lot of Arabic loans, > > maybe even more than Spanish does. > > > > Adam > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:04 PM, > thomasruhm <thomas@hidden.email> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Where did the first 'u' in Carraxan cuscus derive > from, if you say it is > >> from a latin regional word? > >> > >> Thomas > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > romconlang-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > romconlang-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com > > >