Thursday, April 8, 2010

Tattoo-Amazing Tribal Art 3 of 6

The word "tattoo" is a loan from the Samoan word tatau, which means mark or strike twice (the latter based on traditional methods of applying the model). The first syllable "ta" which means "hand" is repeated twice as an onomatopoeic reference to the repetitive nature of the measure, ...

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