Re: [Cz-L] Chonte

In our family, dinner was called "weczere," evening in
Russian/Ukrainian, whereas breakfast was called "onbaiss," strangely
like the current dutch term onbijt for breakfast. It may have been
used in old German?
Paul Heger

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:04 AM, HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net> wrote:
>
> "In der Kammer einer Chonte,
> Sass ein Chamer der nicht konnte,"
>
> ( In the chambers of a hooker,
>  Sat an ass who was unable)
>
>    Local unknown troubadour,
> Hardy
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dow friedman"
> <dowfriedman_at_yahoo.com.br>
> To: "Czernowitz" <Czernowitz-L_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 4:18 AM
> Subject: [Cz-L] Chonte
>
>
>
> I am looking for the origin of this word. Chonte is a prostitute. I know
> it
> is yidish.Dow
>

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