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  2. From: alex@cs.adelaide.edu.au (Alex M. Farkas)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.lang
  4. Subject: Re: Weekdays in Hungarian (was: other languages)
  5. Date: 17 Nov 1992 08:46:36 GMT
  6. Organization: Adelaide University, Computer Science Department.
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  9. Message-ID: <1eabhcINN4dj@huon.itd.adelaide.edu.au>
  10. References: <1992Nov04.191634.18686@microsoft.com> <1992Nov7.092854.11194@rdg.dec.com> <1992Nov9.165230.12662@efi.com> <43485@imag.imag.fr>
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  14. As far as I recall:
  15.              
  16. Kedd : From the word ketto" meaning two (Second day)
  17.  
  18. Szerda : Of slavic origin meaning middle (hence mid-week)
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  20. Csu"to"rto"k : From a slavic word meaning four (Fourth day)
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  22. Pe'ntek : From slavic word meaning five (Fifth day)
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  24. Vasa'rnap : Related to a middle-eastern word from which the word bazaar is derived,
  25.         and hence va'sa'r nap, or market day.
  26.  
  27. I don't have the reference, but books exist ...
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  29. alex
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  33. | Alex M. Farkas | University of Adelaide, Australia | alex@cs.adelaide.edu.au |
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