Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:48:31 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <xzpbryxey8w.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030416151612.GA38364@kurdistan.ath.cx> =?iso-8859-1?q?(S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE's?= message of "Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:16:12 -0700") References: <3E9C6992.90403@potentialtech.com> <XFMail.030415142305.nicole@unixgirl.com> <20030415235701.GA16666@kurdistan.ath.cx> <20030416114615.J41924@iconoplex.co.uk> <20030416115556.GA23101@gvr.gvr.org> <20030416121500.GA44969@fin-lebret.beauvais.fr> <20030416150700.GA25165@gvr.gvr.org> <20030416151612.GA38364@kurdistan.ath.cx>
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S=EAr=EAciya Kurdistan=EE <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> writes: > The Kurdish verb "levandin" means "to move" > ^^^ > Ez dilevim // I move >=20=20 > In French the verb "se laver" means "to wash"; you "move" your hands ag= ainst > ^^^ eachother (rub) them to = wash False etymology. You could, however, compare Kurdish "levandin" with French "lever" (to lift, to rise). (BTW, there is an archaic English verb "to lave" which can describe a variety of actions, including washing or bathing, which involve the movement of water) DES --=20 Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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