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Chris,<br>
<br>
A few years back, a Bannoni friend wrote from Minnesota /<b>Naniya, St.
Paul, gharau rorosa keta butsu./</b><br>
'Here in St Paul snow is falling' Later that year, I had to explain to
his brother back in Bougainville what was meant by /<b>gharau/ </b>'rain'
/<b>rorosa/ </b>'dry'<br>
<br>
Hawaiian Dictionaries have <br>
/<b>hau/ </b>for 'snow' and 'cold', 'cool', 'frost' ... from PPN
*sau (Pukui & Elbert 1986:60)<br>
/<b>hau</b>/ 'snow' 'ice' 'frost' 'dew' (Andrews 2003: 125)<br>
<br>
Piet<br>
<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hello,
Does the word "snow" exists as a "native" (i.e., as opposed to borrowing) in
any Austronesian languages? I imagine it must exist in some of the languages
of Taiwan.
Thanks,
--Chris
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