query: whales and dolphins vs. pigs and lambs

[ChRIS CLÉiRIGh]

Irish for 'porpoise' is 'muc mhara' which is literally 'pig of the sea'.

cheers,
chris




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> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:27:22 -0500
> From: peter.e.hook at gmail.com
> To: sashavovin at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Histling-l] query: whales and dolphins vs. pigs and lambs
> CC: histling-l at mailman.rice.edu
> 
> Hi Sasha,
> 
> According to Google there are a number of candidates (in English) for "pig of the sea", among them the dolphin and the dugong.
> 
> All the best, Peter
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/24/08, Alexander Vovin <sashavovin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
>        Does anyone know about any possible semantic shifts between
> 'doplhin' (or 'whale') to 'lamb' (or 'pig') or vice versa? A friend
> told me that he vaguely remembers that some language calls whales
> 'pigs of the sea', but he could not recollect which one.
>        I will be grateful for any information. Thank you,
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Sasha
> 
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> Alexander Vovin
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> Professor of East Asian Languages
> University of Hawaii at Manoa
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