Words in Bloom

 

 

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The  LETTERS  of the Alphabet are PICTURES! 

The meaning of words  BLOOMS naturally from the symbolism of letters!

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A tree is like a hand

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A number of words for tree around the world develop the metaphor of tree being like a hand sticking out of the ground.

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Chinese

One Chinese word for tree is  mù  木:

          m  manus, manual, palm, mitt

     U   up, under

 

The character forms the downward sweeping boughs of a conifer tree. The symbolism of the phonetic word includes m, a hand; and u, which recognizes that trees both grow up into the sky, and under the ground with the fingers of their root system.  More - 树 Shù.

                 

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Zulu

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Umuthi is the word for tree in Zulu. This word shares the letters m and u with the Chinese word for tree. The metalanguage symbols paint a picture of a hand, or craggy bird talon, rising up high like a pillar, while also growing under the ground.

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      U up

          m manus, manual, mitt, palm 

          U under. Out like a tongue.

          T tree, terrain. Talons

          h hand. H is a high ladder.

      I  pillar

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Sanskrit

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D ru is a word for tree in Sanskrit.  

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          D hanD   

D - hard, like dorsal side of a turtle

D - HarD, Dental, wooD is harD

Divide - D divided O, cut lumber

          r   raised, branched

          U up,  under

         

Another word for tree is amanda अमन्द

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          A arrow pointing up    

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          m  mano (Spanish) hand, manual

          a  avoir, to have (French) 

          n  index finger

      D  hanD

          A  Hand bent, or clasping

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Although the words for tree may differ among languages, they share a hidden unity, each making its own observation statement about a tree.

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Arabic: شجرة shajara -   SH -  )|( - bush, brush, hand; hour-glass or cone shape, shrink, shower, shine, share, shield, shade; A arising; J - emerging; r - branch, roots; A - above

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Basque: zuhaitz - z - zenth, sub-zero roots; U - up, under; H - high ladder; A - arising; I - pillar; T - tree;  Z - zipped up seeds, below ground rhizomes, roots. The letter Tz stands for tree.

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Swahili: mti - manus, hand; t - tree; I pillar; i seed.

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Spanish: árbol - A arise; r - branch; B - bow, bowl, ),  or bell shaped conifer tree; b - below ground roots, bore. b - bar, thick trunk; o - over; l - elevated, tall, pole, pillar, large.

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German: BAUM.  B - bow, ),  or bell shaped conifer tree. A - arrow . pointing up, conical pine tree. U - up; M - mano, hand - the upward hand deciduous tree.

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O is the sun.  D is the Dawn.  T is a tree.

Y is yonder sky, and W is a wave of water.

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