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Coincidences in Linguistics

Coincidences in Linguistics (beware the statistical accidents)

Update: Seth Cable writes, "Nice to see Tlingit represented, though the entry is a bit off: daughter is actually /si:/, which when combined with the diminutive /-k'/ gives you /si:k'/. So, the word they have in mind is /si:k'/, not /sik/, and it means little/beloved daughter, not just daughter...)"