Chewbacca's name < ziku-befiku-doip > is still bugging me. We've previously mentioned that < ziku-befiku > could mean either tall or hairy. But I'd like to suggest a third possibility. < ziku-befiku > means cultured, so R2 is calling Chewbacca “my learned friend”, a term of respect rather than just a description of his physical appearance. In #1380, < ziku-bafiku > would mean not short or short-haired but uncultured, R2 is calling them primitive with that word. That would leave < beziku > to mean furry and < bipizung > to mean short. This is confusing because < be-ziku > in #1247 very likely means long, but I don't think that excludes < beziku > meaning hairy.
Statistics: Posted by b_jonas — 14 Jan 2025 13:03