Chapter 2

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mao ()

3000

meow
5000

miw

3200

miw
iy)
i
iy,
myw,mew
mew

tittle titter: tits

Cro-Magnon
g

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Cat=mao

mao

D
McNaughton
Ying
Reading and
Writing Chinese

the Bow Wow theory)

bees
cow, cuckoo hawk

meow

meow
miao16

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78www.MandarinTools.com.)Miao

miaomeowmiaow,

miau,miau
mjau,miyav,miaumiao
OED1288
cat

1927miw

9,5002 16
8

Meow

99.99

()

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mao

miao

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mao

(zh)
(miao)

x-y
Miao()fertile
w
fertility

zhi (
)

--

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21bear cats
cat hawksZhi 4

zhi quan

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--

bearcat
xiong(mao),bear cat
cat
cattlecattle capitalhead
Head
heads of cattlecategory

copycat

zhi

miao

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bear

cat

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meow/miao

miao

miao

()miao.
Miao miao1

Miao1

miao2,

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miao2()
miao2
tian2()

Hes sowing his wild oats

field

ww.usingenglish.com/
reference/idioms,

http://www.urbandictionary.com

Nailing

Miao2

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http://www.lifesip.com/family-crest.html

mouth

miao

miao2

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Fallopian tubes

http://www.copenhagenfertilitycenter.com

466

Mio

+ +=

animal

woman
hand

metal

cat

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pretty girl

copy

anchor

eye

aim
8

=
+=

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ovum

hatch, sit on eggs

pretty; charming girl

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sacrificescaredsacrifice
sacrum()

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woman

ovum
(hatch)
gp
p

sonssun

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+=

+=

Hooters
hooters425
Hooters2011

the Hooters

Hooters
hooters
o

hoot

hooters

oo

hooters

oo

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T(tits)A(ass)

---
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miao2

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Apple LiGothic

Cat fight

tnubs
nubile

11
50
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1
2

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--

www.chineseetymology.org, www.websters-online-dictionary.org

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19983
Chinese Text Project

http://www.originofalphabet.com/2011/01/blog-post_20.html

1100-770

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+

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Dwell
dwellan
dwaljanandvldvali
dwellen
twellendvaledvaelbr
dwale *dhwel-*dheu- (1)

gedweola
1200
dwell upon1300
Dwelleddweltdwells

mi3
he2

www.oed.com

www.etymologyonline.com
dwell

dwellwww.
etymologyonline.com

--
You talkin to me?me
mi
Do, Re, Mi
mimiraMirageMira
Rare
Ri4

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www.etytmologyonline.com

dwllan*dwalde, dwealdedwlian, -ede, -ode

twllan
dvljadwellen
*dwaljan
dwel-, dwal-, dwol-, (dul-)gitwelan
dwelan
gedwolen
dhwel, dhuldhw, dhr

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miMi4
ri4mi4
mi

Mi3
123
456
--
----

Mi3

,mi1
mimiaomeowmink
mi
mink
,

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Mime
tmeat

www.philrice.net/how-to-cook-rice/

meal

Mi3

myopiamyopia
mystery
the base of to close (the lips or eyes),
probably of imitative origin.mmm

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30+69
RFD69094

123+1
7TQ
XXXXTQ
11500

blueapocalyse.blogspot.com

VS

gelcongeal

bowlbow

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mooning someone

bathroom
bathroomrestroomMandarin Tools

defecate(micturate)

ao

flesh

moon

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mi+ao

owMandarin Tools
ow

ow

ow
cavvac
vacuum()cave()vac
vag
15

ao(1)
miao

miao3

meow

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cat

woman
Myriad10000

4
Y
Y

DNA
Y
6

Strongs Concordance
qt,
IPA-International Phonetic Alphabet
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kat

searchgodsword.com
Strongs Concordance

cot

cot
cottage
cotton

cut

http://hieroglyphs.net/0301/cgi/lookup.
pl?ty=tr&ch=k&cs=1

http://www.scribd.com/doc/10929802/Dictionary-ofMiddle-Egyptian

qat
kat
ktt

kat
ktt

KittyKate
KatieKathy
Caddie

kat/kot/cut

kttqtt

td

dt

kud1,111kid
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cud

kid
kitty

kita

cat
kata

kata

cutkud

http://psd.museum.upenn.edu
katadown
lowerdown

katabole
mywmiw
catmiao

Kud[cut]11112700-2500

di kud[], nam kud[], namNERU kud[],

EKIN kud[], zu kud[].

382500

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katabolay

7

kata

kata

8

9
to leave ones
mark

catmiaomyw
miw
miwiw

IwrIw
id
wmi
mimiwMi

me

pups
mousermusio
micemus
catcattuscatchingcapyura
cattat
10
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Mistress of the
House, Mistress of Heaven, Women in Ancient
Egypt

11

http://www.scribd.com/doc/10929802/Dictionary-of-Middle-Egyptian
mi

TYtits
viginattirtt
ir
ttwttT
bAstt
D

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2000

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/19/ancientgreek-temple-dedicated-cat-goddess-unearthed-egypt/

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/images/religion_images/sekhmet.jpg

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Eye

Eve

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12

jing
Mandarin Tools

Cojak

www.Cantonese.sheik.co.uk
dictionary

Pussy
pussy

irtact
irt

13
http://
www.originofalphabet.com/2011/01/blog-post.html.

http://www.zhongwen.com
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mei2

mu4
every () mei3
mother () mu3

Eve

every
eye

1130
14
15
moonmu3

mah1000
mu4
moonoo
EyeII

mei2

Eve
every

Eve
evening

16
Eveeye
VY

y
VY
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Ovumovineov
Bovineovine
BBhouse
B
house
ovova
ovofof
FV
wifewivesknifeknives; life; lives. ofov
offoffal
lum

22

eweEweeve
eyeyou
u4225
U

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Milk
mi
Milt
milk

gala
galaxymilky
way

ga[milk]4425
2700-2500

milkga

5000

3000

Gagala

gala

laga

gal
Lagalac
G

irtt
lactate
laga-tt

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gala[vulva]58
gal4-la
gal4

laga[vulva]3

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sua(
71)suari(2)gullum(
1)

sua

sa[sinew]68

catgut+progeny=

gul[destroy]518
2500

lum[fruit]107
2500

gullum[cat]1

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a[,water]2329
2700-2500

sua[cat]71

gullum
+=
Gullum

kigula
gullum
//+ki17
gul-laki-gul-la
++
gul-lumwaif
waif

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Footnotes
1. To hear this sound, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_
pharyngeal_fricative

2. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0408_040408_oldestpetcat.html
2. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0408_040408_oldestpetcat.
html
3. The Chinese Xinhua News Agency announced, in 1998, that the last factory to
manufacture shoes for bound-feet women in Harbin, China, had ended production.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html
3. 1998
http://www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html
4. http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD020875.html
4. http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD020875.html

12. 134-5
13. Pinch, pages 128-129
13. 128-129
14. ibid, page 66
14. 66
15. ibid, page 67
15. 67
16. Reading and Writing Chinese, William McNaughton and Li Ying, page 54
16. 54
17. The lexicon of 1,255 Sumerian logogram words and 2,511 Sumerian compound words
(no cuneiform depictions) can be found on the Internet at http://www.sumerian.org/
sumerlex.htm
17. http://www.sumerian.org/sumerlex.htm12552511

5. Ibid
5.
6. Ibid
6.
7. www.searchgodsword.com
7. www.searchgodsword.com

8. http://www.masutatsuoyama.com/kyokushinkata.htm
8. http://www.masutatsuoyama.com/kyokushinkata.htm
9. http://www.a-kato.org/kata/
9. http://www.a-kato.org/kata/
10. Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, page 252-253
10. 252253
11. Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven, Women in Ancient Egypt; Capel, Anne K.,
and Glenn E. Markoe, editors, 1996, page 70
11.
199670
12. Egyptian Mythology, a Guide to Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt,
Geralidine Pinch, page 134-5.
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