BICHWA (THE SCORPIONS STING)

Mercenary · 20th August 2017, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

The reference to the scorpion or its sting appears to be more metaphorical, inferring the sting of death or to that effect.
Jim

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Exactly. Metaphorical. But only for us not for Indian of 17-19th. For them the following words were cognate. Why do you think?

Mercenary · 21st August 2017, 08:54 AM

No ideas? There were no "scorpion's sting" dagger. Bichhua-scorpion, bichhua-nettle, bichhua-dagger - all of them STING.

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Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 426	No ideas? There were no "scorpion's sting" dagger. Bichhua-scorpion, bichhua-nettle, bichhua-dagger - all of them STING. Last edited by Mercenary; 21st August 2017 at 05:58 PM.