[tlhIngan Hol] new puns

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On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 4:38 AM James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <
tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:

> nutye' (olive tree): The reverse, *'eytun*, is in the middle of
> *aceituna*, the Spanish word for "olive".
>

The Spanish word comes from Arabic, in which it is "zeytun" (also borrowed
into Persian, Turkish, and a number of other languages). I believe the
Hebrew word is close as well (something like "zayit").

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