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Reply | Forward Message #309 of 1988 |
The following are lexemes from indic languages:

samanom = an obsolete word for gold (Santali. Campbell lexicon)

sambr.o bica = gold ore (Mundarica)

hom = gold (Kannada)

somnakay = gold (Gypsy)

assem = electrum (Old Egyptian. cf. Joseph Needham)

soma man.al = sand containing silver ore (Tamil. Winslow lexicon)

Substrates of mleccha? Vedic, Avestan! soma, haoma.

Kalyanaraman




Tue Jul 8, 2003 2:22 am

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The following are lexemes from indic languages: samanom = an obsolete word for gold (Santali. Campbell lexicon) sambr.o bica = gold ore (Mundarica) hom = gold...
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