concept of zero -> naked
"Alfred W. Tüting"
ti at fa-kuan.muc.de
Fri Jan 20 09:00:40 UTC 2006
> ha-cho'la 'skin-lacking' is the only term I know for 'naked' off the
top of my head -- which doesn't rule out the existence of competing
terms, of course.
Regina <<
>> "How's choka' (empty, without anything) and choka'la (naked, bare)
related to this idea? Is it just homophonic? <<<<
Buechel gives both hacho'la (cho'la: destitute, without, not having) and
choka'la. But there's also haco'cola (naked, as said of men), lit.
maybe: 'soft-skinned' fr. coco' (soft, as mud) and coco'la (soft)?
Alfred
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