--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@>
> > > >
> > > > The beginning of the line in question seems to go like this:
> > > >
> > > > nivaarashuukavattanvii piitaa...
> > >
> > > Er...niivaara
> >
> > Oh, well, niivaara, no wonder. That changes everything! ;-)
>
> It actually *does*:
Oh, Card, I'm sure it does. I was kidding you by pretending
to be shocked when I have no more idea what the difference
is than the man in the moon. I'm awed by your scholarship.
> 4 ***nivAra m. keeping off*** , hindering , impediment (cf.
> %{dur-niv-}) ; (%{A}) f. N. of a river MBh. VP. (v.l. %{nIv-}).
> 5 nIvArA v.l. for %{nivArA} (see under %{ni-vR}).
> 6 nIvara m. ( %{nI}? ; cf. Un2. iii.) a trader ; an inhabitant ; a
> beggar ; mud ; n. water L.
> 7 ***nIvAra m. (ifc. f. %{A}) wild rice*** (sg. the plant ; pl. the
> grains)
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