tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post3438608543778749514..comments2023-08-25T08:39:14.082-06:00Comments on Wildlife Vet, Author, Storyteller: The Plastic menaceJerry Haighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14276901551047524363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-10482013867551169242008-08-31T12:33:00.000-06:002008-08-31T12:33:00.000-06:00Good question Stamperoo. It sure sounds as if it ...Good question Stamperoo. It sure sounds as if it might, but I don't know. I'll ask my Ugandan colleagues, but it may just be a word in one of the local languages. It is not Swahili, although it would make sense if it were, as Swahili, like most Creole languages, borrows & adapts where it can. For example, Doctor (eng) is Daktari, and a diesel engine (eng) is Tinga tinga (sound it out repeatedly and you'll see the connection.Jerry Haighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276901551047524363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-61467015549774512992008-08-31T11:10:00.000-06:002008-08-31T11:10:00.000-06:00Does "kavera" mean "cover"?Does "kavera" mean "cover"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com