alypius wrote: > Assuming the aborigines were all illiterate before the English came, how do > they show the origin of dog from gudaga? Granted, the etymology sounds > logical, but many etymologies are only educated guesses. Does your source > explain this? No, but most likely thru comparison with other, related, languages. -- "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed" - Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor