LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.08.22 (11) [E]

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From: "Luc Hellinckx" <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
Subject: Vocabulary

Beste leeglanners,

Today, I heard this fascinating report on the radio that announced the
unearthing of the prehistoric remains (thought to be 30 000 years old)
of a hyena in a Limburgish grave.

That's why I started wondering which words are used in our dialects, to
describe the wailing sound that dogs (and coyotes, wolves and hyena's)
often make (at night).

In my local dialect (Brabantish), we use the word "kjoemmern" (<
frequentative form of "cumen", a Middle Dutch verb meaning "to
moan"...cognate of German "kaum", "barely" (E)).

What about you ?

Greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

Luc,

I believe in Lowlands Saxon (Low German) and German the usual verb is
_jaulen_ (LS ['(d)ja.Ul=n], G. ['jaUl at n]).

I can only think of LS _kuum_, cognate of G. _kaum_, same meaning.

Hyenas in Limburg, huh?  I *knew* it!  ;)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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