LL-L "Etymology" 2008.12.31 (01) [E]

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From: Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2008.12.30 (03) [E]

Dear Ron



Subject: LL-L Etymology



Van die os op die esel, you refer to the rommelpot in Romanian as
*buhai.*Let me just note that in our family Afrikaans we refer to an
unseemly racket
as a boehhaai. I wish I knew its history: It's not in my dictionaries.



Yrs,

Mark



P.S. Casting no aspersions, there's nothing Roumanian in my bloodline.


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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Mark!

Actually, it's *van die esel op die os* ...

Romanian *buhai* also means 'ox'. Perhaps the said instrument is called this
because originally the membrane was made from cow's skin.

I assume that Ukrainian *бугай* (*buhaj*) is a Romanian loan.

Wishing all a "good slide" (*guten Rutsch*) into the new year, starting just
about now among our friends in Oceania.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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