query: Where are you going?

[Lu, Tianqiao]

Hello.

Shoot mui? (drink not-yet) "Have you drunk (ie Have you taken a drink?)" is a common greating among the Maonan men in southern part of China.

Regards,

Mike Tianqiao Lu (Dr)
Postdoc Research Fellow
The Cairns Institute
James Cook University
Tel: +61-7-40421882
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Dear Colleagues,
   I heard that in Osaka area of Japan, a common greeting is (or was?):

Mookarimakka?
'Are you making any profit/money?'

Presumably this greeting is (or was?) used among merchants.

Best wishes,

--
角田太作


Tasaku Tsunoda

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On 11/06/19 13:43, "Christopher P. Wilde" <chris_wilde at SALL.COM> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>A common greeting in Nepali (Indo-Aryan) is:
>
>    खाना खानुभयो?
>    [khana khanubhayo]
>    lit. "Have you eaten?"
>
>-Chris Wilde, Pokhara Nepal
>