An etymology

[Jim Wilce]

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In Bengali, the word for doll is
putul.
--
Jim Wilce, Associate Professor
Anthropology Department
Box 15200
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200

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http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jmw22 (includes information on my 1998 book,
Eloquence in Trouble: The Poetics and Politics of Complaint in Rural
Bangladesh, ISBN 0-19-510687-3.  Call OUP's NYC office at
800/451-7556.