# "Hari Mau"

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 02 Mar 2009*

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### Jerry Friedman
*02 Mar 2009, 04:27*

Hi, all!

I'm rejoining the list briefly to point out that the name
Hari Mau in the Short Sun books may come from "harimau",
the Malay word for "tiger".  See

http://eyesontheforest.or.id/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=5

or <http://tinyurl.com/aksr58>.

Maybe interesting that it's an animal name, like male names
in Viron, and that the tiger was so important to Borges.

Jerry Friedman


      

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