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From: petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich)
Subject: Re: Genderless languages
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In article <5as8ak$oru@aglaia.forthnet.gr>,
Paul Buchan <paul@the.forthnet.gr> wrote:

... The Georgian word 'shvili' means 'son' or 'daughter'. 

	So that's where the -shvili's in some Georgian last names comes from.

	"Son of <>" seems to be a very common source of last names in 
several parts of the world.

... However, 
>they do have separate words for Father (mama) [a bit of an oddity in 
>itself?] and Mother (deda).

	Interesting baby-talk twist.
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