[Lexicog] Blust's ACD, Proto-Austronesian for water

Vincent `Bentong` S. Isles bentong.isles at GMAIL.COM
Fri Aug 24 12:50:44 UTC 2007


Hi,

Thanks for the info!

--Bentong Isles

--- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, John Roberts
<dr_john_roberts at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi Vincent,
> 
> I understand it stands for Blust's Austronesian comparative dictionary, 
> which is a work in progress at the University of Hawai'i. But I am not 
> an expert in Austronesian comparative linguistics. So that is all I can 
> tell you.
> 
> John Roberts
> 
> 
> 
> Vincent `Bentong` S. Isles wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Forgive me if I seem so little informed, but what is this ACD of
> > Blust? I know a little about Robert Blust, but I don't know his ACD :)
> >
> > Also, can anyone give me pointers (preferably online) to what is the
> > Proto-Austronesian for "water"? A friend says its "naw", but I can't
> > see that from here:
> > <http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/word.php?v=122>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --Bentong Isles
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> -- 
> ********************
> John R Roberts
> SIL International Linguistics Consultant
> dr_john_roberts at ...
> ********************
>




 
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