On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:20:22AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > > Hi, > > > > somewhat off-topic but found it interesting: 'mutt' appears to denote a > > kinship relation "grand" in the sense of grandafter, grandmother in > > Dravidian languages: > > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=T7Wv4ncys88C&lpg=PA11&ots=qFTz1PQ1MT&dq=mutt-ajje%20mutt-awwa&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=mutt-ajje%20mutt-awwa&f=false > > > > Richard > > > > --- > > Name and OpenPGP keys available from pgp key servers > > Interesting -- although unfortunately the root carries the meaning of "old" > rather than "grand" in the English sense. Although perhaps we could > stretch it from "old" to "mature."
I know very little about this languages but from what I read I had the impression "mutt-" was mostly (or perhaps exclusively) used to express relations such as grand-father and grand-mother. Richard --- Name and OpenPGP keys available from pgp key servers
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