Saturday, November 28, 2009
Zhu Zhu = žūžū
Some company may think that "Zhu Zhu" is the trademarked name for a fake hamster. But I have news for that ^$&*! company: "Zhu Zhu" -- "žūžū" -- is a Latvian phrase for a baby bear, or "little bear" ("lāča bērni" [plural?]) -- or, in any event, for cradling, or hushing, a baby bear. The phrase "žūžū" appears in an old Latvian folk song, a lullaby, a folk song that antedates, by several hundred years, any known trademark law in any Western country. First in time, first .... So there!
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Aijā žūžū lāča bērni
Aijā žūžū lāča bērni, aijā žūūžū
Pekainam'i kājiņām'i, žū žū žū (2x)
Tēvs aizgāja medu vākt'i, aijā žūūžū
Māte ogas palasīt'i, žū žū žū (2x)
Tēvs parnesa medus podu, aijā žūūžū
Māte ogu vācelīti, žū žū žū (2x)
Tas mazam'i bērniņām'i aijā žūūžū
Par mierīgu gulēšanu, žū žū žū (2x)
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