Re: kawa = "gabagaba"?

Marc Adler wrote: 
http://www.nikkoku.net/book/gogenjiten/img/mihon01.gif

Is this a joke? Granted, Japanese's roots in other languages or
language groups aren't readily apparent, but a couple of those
語言説 sound like 素人によるただの思いつき。

Sounds like you don't believe it, but remember, it's not "gabagaba" but "gapagapa"!

And what about the "kaha" from "hoka haru" etymology? How could that *possibly* be wrong?

I advise taking them all as factual.

Bart Mathias

(By the way, in general they do depend from "essence persons" of long ago before there were any professional etymologists.)
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