To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] elephants or ivory
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:57:29 +0000
Dear Karl,
Can you provide other cases, not just in Hebrew but any language
family you choose, where a word in some language denotes an
inanimate luxury item when its cognates denote wild animals?