Post by Phil Van Riper on Jul 3, 2005 20:06:38 GMT
You may have come across the really solid Edenic word, עצם (etzem), which is to say, 'a bone.' And you may have come across Isaac's 'emetological' analysis that links עצם and the latin 'ostia,' and such. Well, the Mohawk word for 'a bone' is "ohstyen' " (óhs-tyen'). Very suspicious, eh? 
The little gizmo at the end of ohstyen' that looks like an opostrophe is supposed to indicate a glottal stop. Anyway, that's the way it's printed in Professor Maracle's book, "One Thousand Useful Mohawk words."
Okay, people - am I full of birdseed or do I get a point for this one??
The little gizmo at the end of ohstyen' that looks like an opostrophe is supposed to indicate a glottal stop. Anyway, that's the way it's printed in Professor Maracle's book, "One Thousand Useful Mohawk words."
Okay, people - am I full of birdseed or do I get a point for this one??