LL-L "Etymology" 2013.08.23 (01) [EN]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmbombay at gmail.com>
Subject:  Re: LL-L "Etymology" 2013.08.16 (01) [DE-NDS

Anybody out there know if there is possible that Maori* reka* 'tasty,
sweet, juicy, yummy' comes from Dutch (or Afrikaans) lekker (or related)?
I ran across it (reka) yesterday while working on Maori and was struck by
its "fit" to Dutch/Afrikaans... and that meaning doesn't appear to be in
the Austronesian Languages Database (http://language.psy.auckland.
ac.nz/austronesian), and *reka* certainly is NOT related to the Hawai'ian
word *'ono* tasty/delicious'.

mwm || *U*C> || mike || माईक || мика || マイク (aka Dr Michael W Morgan)
sign language linguist / linguistic typologist
academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research
NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal




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