Re: Of Tenderness and Henna

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: : Semitic Languages are based on a root system from which all : : other words are derived from the meaning of that particular : : root. Now if we look at the word henna, the root that this : : word was derived from is (HNN) which correlates to tenderness. : Semitic Languages (and Arabic for that matter) : : use vowels to derive nouns or adjectives, etc, while consonants : bear the meaning (semantics.) : : So henna, in this regard, is a noun derived from that root : : that points to the quality of tenderness. Hanan, also is : : tenderness itself. Hanoun(masculine) Hanouna (feminine) : : means tender. Haneen, also derived from the same root, means : nostalgia or homesickness, which really bears semantic (meaningwise) : relationship to tenderness. : I am really enjoying your posts, Baba! : Your words remind me of what I was told by a wonderful Berber lady in : Spain last year -- what she said to me was kind of an epiphany and I : hold it in mind always when I work (pardon my french if it's : mispelled) -- she said "le henne, c'est la tendresse, c'est pour : l'amour." I thought it was really interesting that the semantic : roots were expressed the same. : I hope you keep posting and don't get bored with us. Perhaps men : will someday be allowed to join sugaring parties if they submit to : being the first one sugared! : Actually - descriptions of sugaring parties sound a lot like teenage : slumber parties where we dyed/cut/curled hair, shaved, dressed up and : generally behaved like wildchildren. : ciao, : kree from gilded lilies

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