Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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Page 224
... father ' and taan , mother , ' or the Georgian to say mama ' father ' and deda mother . ' Yet I have not succeeded in finding anywhere our familiar papa and mama exactly reversed in one and the same language ; the nearest approach to it ...
... father ' and taan , mother , ' or the Georgian to say mama ' father ' and deda mother . ' Yet I have not succeeded in finding anywhere our familiar papa and mama exactly reversed in one and the same language ; the nearest approach to it ...
Page 226
... father , ' ngangan ' mother , ' and by metaphor ' thumb , ' ' great toe ' ( as is more fully explained in jinnamamman great toe , ' i.e. foot's father ) , tammin ' grandfather or grandmother , ' bab - ba ' bad , foolish , childish ...
... father , ' ngangan ' mother , ' and by metaphor ' thumb , ' ' great toe ' ( as is more fully explained in jinnamamman great toe , ' i.e. foot's father ) , tammin ' grandfather or grandmother , ' bab - ba ' bad , foolish , childish ...
Page 227
... father ' would understand how the same word could be used in classic Latin for ' father , ' and in mediæval Latin for ' pedagogue ; ' the Carib and the Caroline Islander agree with the Englishman that papa is a suitable word to express ...
... father ' would understand how the same word could be used in classic Latin for ' father , ' and in mediæval Latin for ' pedagogue ; ' the Carib and the Caroline Islander agree with the Englishman that papa is a suitable word to express ...
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