Re: "Orange"

From: Paul J Kriha (paul.nospam.kriha_at_paradise.net.nz)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:02:01 +1200

Wiktor S. <wswiktor@poczta.fmv> wrote in message news:chjv8i$dfi$1@news.onet.pl...
> > AFAIK all Slavic languages around Hungary have two words for red,
> > various versions of: c^ervena' (pale red) and ruda' (deep red).
> > Sorry, I don't have any handy dictionaries of Slovak, Slovenian,
> > Ukrainian, Croatian, or Serbian but I believe they will all have
> > cognates of the above Cz red colour names.
>
> There's also 'ruda' - ore.

and your point is?

PJK

> Azarien

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