Re: kol b'seder= copacetic

From: Jacques Guy (jguy_at_alphalink.com.au)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:22:11 -0700

Tony Cooper wrote:

> How do you designate a word to be "Indian" or not? I don't doubt that
> "ugh" is a word - or a sound, if you will - that was uttered by many
> Native American Indians. For that matter, I wouldn't be surprised to
> hear a Chinese person or a Sami utter "ugh".

Well, "ugh" (/ö/) happens to be a good Sakao word, meaning
"yes indeed". And "how" (/hA/, [hAw]) is also good Sakao, corresponding
almost exactly to Japanese "hai". Er... I mean "ugh", Sakao
is an Austronesian language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island
in Vanuatu.

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