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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew Forum <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is it a mistake?
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:37:17 -0400

On this I agree with you. The word SUGAR, 'cage, collar', for instance, is only remotely related to SIGAR, 'tobacco roll'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 3, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Pere Porta wrote:

Your question is, so to say, wrong, Isaac.

The right question is:

Does a given root yield several words (that have different meanings: each has its own meaning...) by taking some additional letters and/or by using different vowel patterns?

Put this way, the answer is: YES, it does.
Do you know Spanish, Isaac?

PAN, bread -------> PANadero, baker, bread maker/seller
------------------------> PANecillo, little loaf, roll
and so on.





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