[Fictionary] hatchets across the world

Pierre Abbat phma at phma.optus.nu
Wed Sep 16 11:37:46 EDT 2009


I just found a Nahuatl word of Japanese origin, "gadana", which refers to a 
cutting weapon. Another word for a cutting tool that has traveled far 
is "tamiok", a Tok Pisin word from Algonquian. Is there something about words 
for big cutting tools that makes them want to travel around the world?

Pierre


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