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Quote: Eskimo uses two roots for snow itself; qanik for snow in the air and aput for snow on the ground

topics > all references > references m-o > QuoteRef: martL6_1986 , p. 422



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problem of classifying information
Topic:
words in natural languages

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There seems no reason to posit more than … example, to drifts, ice, storms, or moisture) in … aput 'snow (on the ground)' [Schultz-Lorentzen, Dictionary of the West Greenlandic Eskimo Language, 1927]. Other varieties …   Google-1   Google-2

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