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Old 18th February 2011, 05:17 PM   #17
Sajen
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Originally Posted by Battara
Good example of linguistics is the word "mata". In Hawaii and as far away as Easter Island, it means "eye". In Tagalog, "matari" means "fierce eyes". Interesting isn't it.
In Bahasa Indonesia it mean as well "eye" and matahari means "sun".

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