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Originally Posted by gp
Concerning " Baba Kamas" :
in many slavic countries :
Kama means knife
Baba means grandmother….
but baba also is used in “ baba Jaga “ : a magical wild dark witchy deadly woman
When citing names one has to incorporate the cultural and linguistic significance in order to explain the item ‘ s name and understand.
This is quite typical for many slavic regions and countries to give nicknames, which in oneway might symbolize something with regards to the use or nature of the object or another way gives a touchy, sometimes kind, sometimes mischievous or quite serious or slightly humoristic name to a deadly weapon.
A “ Granny ‘ s knife “ or even “ the witch’s dagger “ is quite sarcastic or ironical in a way for a deadly weapon….
FYI : Not only objects but also people have met with this change of name …
(think of the Ossetian Ioseb Jughashvili or the Croat Josip Broz)
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Just a digression:
Kama is not Slavic, it is Turkish for dagger.
Baba in Russian is either a peasant woman or a grandmother.
Baba in Turkish is “father”, buyuk baba is “grandfather”.
And the only way for a grandmother to become a grandfather is to grow a pair of testicles:-)))