<div>LaXayEm !</div> <div> </div> <div>there are two CW words appearing in sources where no etymology is indicated, but I suspect them as being of French origin.</div> <div> </div> <div>One word is: lEsitlo "squash (vegetable)" (in Holton's and Saxton's dictionaries); I suppose that it could be from French la citrouille "the squash, the pumpkin".</div> <div> </div> <div>The other word is: lupella, lupulla (D. Pasco) / lapulla (Hutchings&Rosenfield 1860, Macdonald 1863) / tumpelo (Palmer 1845/1906, Winthrop 1866) "back (body part)". </div> <div>Is it possible that this words comes from the Fench l'<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">épaule </SPAN>"the shoulder" ?</div> <div> </div> <div>Laksta kEmtEks k'ilapay wawa ?</div> <div> </div> <div>Hayash mersi,</div> <div>Francisc</div> <div> </div><p>
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