LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.04 (02) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.03 (04) [E]

Hi George,

the first term that springs to mind would be the Dutch "poes", similar to
the English "pussycat".

But, speaking about cats: we just had a houseguest from Senegal who told us
that the word for "milk" in her native language, Wolof, is "miaou" (sorry, I
haven't seen the word written, but that's how it sounds). That certainly
explains what my three cats keep trying to tell me!!

Cheers,
Gabriele Kahn

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

Gabriele wrote:

> But, speaking about cats: we just had a houseguest from Senegal who told
us
> that the word for "milk" in her native language, Wolof, is "miaou" (sorry,
I
> haven't seen the word written, but that's how it sounds).

Wolof _mew_ 'milk'

('Cat' is _moos_.)

Cheers!
Reinhard/Ron

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