Khamis, 26 Jun 2008

Bahasa ~ Speaking

Malaysian & European language roots shared with Sanskrit/IE/Persian
bhāṣā - Sanskrit; prabhāṣeta - speaks
phasa - Thai
bahasa - Malaysian-Indonesian: bisa bicara bahasa (bus/bas/bis)
(s)bhaas - PIE: *(s)peis- (to blow, aspirate), voice
(s)pra.ha. - German: spreche (sprekke), add s, h to k sound
(s)p.a.h. - Dutch: spaaks (speks), add s, r lost, h to k sound
p.a.has - French: parlez (parley), r lost, b lost, has to rle
prabhas. - Spanish: habla (abla), pr to h, bha to bla
prabhas - Arabic: tanafas, pra to tana?, bhas to fas
.r.ha. - Hebrew: ruah (ruhah), u added, p & bha & sa lost
p..b.a - Greek: pneuma, pra to pnu?, bha to ma
(s)p.r.heta - Latin: espiritu ~ breath/preach/respire/spirit/speak
(s)p..t, k(s)pktreta - English: spit, expectorate
(s)p.r.eta - English: aspirate (rough suction, sip, slurp "srottt")


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