Ptui !!

Steven R. Lo Vullo doulos at chorus.net
Fri Dec 1 22:15:57 EST 2000


Ted Mann wrote;

> Do suppose that the onomatopoeia, "Ptui !!," used in comic books and
> elsewhere to describe the sound of spitting, is derived from the Greek
> term, PTUW?  What is the noun form of the word? :-) :-)

I believe the noun form is PTUSMA, TOS, TO.

Steve




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