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Nêsos
Adler number: nu,343
Translated headword: island
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. The word is formed] out of the [verb] nw= ['I swim'], [future] nh/sw; as if swimming in water.[1] Or also, they say, as if from the bird [called] nh=ssa ['duck'], by similarity.[2] From this [is derived] nhsi/ths ['belonging to an island'] and by pleonasm nhsiw/ths,[3] like a)groiw/ths ['countryman'].[4]
Greek Original:Nêsos. ek tou nô, nêsô: hê hoion enkolumbôsa hudati. ê, phasi, kai hôs apo tou orneou tês nêssês, kath' homoiotêta. enteuthen Nêsitês kai pleonasmôi Nêsiôtês, hôs agroiôtês.
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Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 January 2003@21:45:50.
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