On Mar 15, 2005, at 9:45 AM, cardemaister wrote:

> Funny coincidence, in Finnish "sauma" means 'seam; joint'.
> OTOH, "soma" means 'pretty, sweet, nice', but it's pronounced
> with a short o-sound, as opposed to Skt "soma", pronounced with
> a long o-sound, approx. like "saw-ma", but with more "kissing"
> lips, or stuff.

Interesting, esp. given the possible connection to the myth of Kvasir.



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