concept of zero

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, "Alfred W. Tüting" wrote:
> How's choka' (empty, without anything) and choka'la (naked, bare)
> related to this idea? Is it just homophonic?

I would assume that the connection is quite direct:  choka' in the gloss
'without anything; is equivalent to 'poor', and choka'=la is 'a little
poor; considered to be poor, as-one-might-say poor'.  Poverty breeds
nakedness.  One is literally, rather than figuratively, "without anything
to wear!"