[language] [ a little game]

[H.M. Hubey]

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  Here is a little game. Here are some words that mean "good" in various

Turkic languages
from various places and times.

1. edgU   where U=u"  Karaxanid (Erdal in book by Johanson and Csato)
2. iyi                 Turkish (This could also be eyi)
3. igi                 Karachay-Balkar    (Kipchak branch, North Caucasus)
4.  yaxshi            many Turkic languages
5. ashxI               where I=dotless Turkish i, (karachay-balkar)

This is a good example of what I have against IEanists. They just keep
creating new roots as they need them. All they need is an asterisk.

1. Are there two roots here or one?

2. What was the original form?

3. How did you derive it?


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M. Hubey
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can be created by unskilled labor. Arthur C. Clarke

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