concept of zero -> naked

"Alfred W. Tüting" ti at fa-kuan.muc.de
Fri Jan 20 09:00:40 UTC 2006


 > ha-cho'la  'skin-lacking' is the only term I know for 'naked' off the 
top of my head -- which doesn't rule out the existence of competing 
terms, of course.
 
Regina <<


 >> "How's choka' (empty, without anything) and choka'la (naked, bare)
related to this idea? Is it just homophonic? <<<<


Buechel gives both hacho'la (cho'la: destitute, without, not having) and 
choka'la. But there's also haco'cola (naked, as said of men), lit. 
maybe: 'soft-skinned' fr. coco' (soft, as mud) and coco'la (soft)?


Alfred



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