Tahlklie and Polaklie

David D. Robertson ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Thu Feb 21 01:22:54 UTC 2002


If either of these has a Polynesian cognate, that old "Oceanic" hypothesis
may, um, hold water.  (Who was it, Turney-High perhaps, who elaborated his
fringe theory about this?  I seem to recall the book having been reprinted
by Ye Galleon Press.)

Howsoever, the forms in question are more like /t7anLki/ and /pulakli/.
For exact citation forms, please ask someone else, as I'm busy moving into
a new house today, fighting a cold, and preparing for a long business
trip.  My point is, these two words don't share much in the way of
morphology.  There's no recording of anything like /t7anLkli/ that I'm
aware of.

-- Dave



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