Hao, I've found in the SASXSEK dic: NO - nothing, nobody, nowhere UO - one; somebody; something; anything Isn't that too many meanings for one word....
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lingwadeplaneta
Jan 8, 2010 8:39 am
I'm looking for interjection reflecting the process of spitting. I am not sure that it exists in English, although my dic gives a lot of interjections for...
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steve rice
ansric
Jan 8, 2010 5:04 pm
... But the typical onomatopoeia for spitting is built around /tu/, with optional leading /p/ and/or closing /i/, so the full version is /ptui/, usually...
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zeinelabidin
Jan 8, 2010 10:12 pm
... Yes you are correct. In Arabic it's tuf or tfu....
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zeinelabidin
Jan 8, 2010 10:28 pm
... I have to say "hashak" or "7ashak" which means "away from you". This word is always said when any bad or offensive word is mentioned. For example if...
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lingwadeplaneta
Jan 9, 2010 4:15 am
... So tfu is not only Russian. Nice to know. ... In R they say "tfu-tfu-tfu" to put off bad luck: - How is his health? - Good so far. Tfu-tfu-tfu. (speaker...
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zeinelabidin
Jan 9, 2010 9:09 am
... This also the same in the Arab world. Specially old ladies in my country. They do the same. :)...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Jan 12, 2010 10:37 am
... Sorry everybody about this. I changed the settings so now it requires my permission to join the group. Jens Wilkinson Neo Patwa language:...
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steve rice
ansric
Jan 12, 2010 5:15 pm
... I wish they'd do that on the Sona list; we get stuff like this a few times a month. Steve...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Jan 13, 2010 1:48 pm
... I generally quit lists when spammers get in. Jens may also want to consider setting it up so new subscribers are always moderated. You can set them to...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 13, 2010 10:28 am
I'm trying to translate the expression "to stand in one's way". Although it's similar in many languages including Hindi and Russian (only, it's "to stand...
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cafaristeir
Feb 13, 2010 2:26 pm
Hao dey kare Dmitry ! I think the problem is that the speaker may not be aware he's using an idiotism. It's not as obvious when, for example, someone quotes a...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Feb 14, 2010 5:00 am
... "to hinder"...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Feb 15, 2010 10:56 am
... I basically agree with Olivier here. I don't think people will generally use a marker even if it exists, because in many cases they won't remember that...
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risto@...
rkupsala
Feb 15, 2010 11:20 am
I agree with Olivier and Jens. It seems that people know intuitively that idioms don't translate word to word. Really! I'm not pulling your nose, as we say in...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 15, 2010 4:05 pm
... in R: like to piss over 2 fingers ... As I can see now myself, it's like to give to drink (=there's no doubt about that)....
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 15, 2010 4:13 pm
has just been created by an Azerbaijani teacher N.Kebirov. The only info is here in Russian: ...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Feb 16, 2010 3:10 am
... That is really interesting to hear. There seems almost no information. There is a tiny bit in English here: http://en.itv.az/news/1113.html The person's...
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risto@...
rkupsala
Feb 16, 2010 7:47 am
... The name suggests some kind of Esperanto with world words, though both "vol" and "lanjo" are Western. Which Cyrillic letters are mixed in, besides...
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zeinelabidin
Feb 16, 2010 9:27 am
... Hi Dmitri. In the English article it says Vollanjo is derived from 6000 languages. Does that mean Vollanjo basiclly has a similar idea like Ardano ? This...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 16, 2010 2:46 pm
... It seems that he goes a bit different way. He starts not from Internet, looking for like-minded people who could participate like we do, but he starts from...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 16, 2010 3:01 pm
... Salam, Zein! I don't know, they write only that vollanco is more difficult than Eo but representatives of every people can find there words that they know....
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cafaristeir
Feb 17, 2010 12:34 pm
Sellamat quantims ! Ho tarjen id rusk texte in sambahsa: UN ASERBAYDJANI DASKAL HAT INVENTEN UN NOV PLANBAHSA Un docent-linguiste orbatend in Quba hat creen un...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 19, 2010 7:48 am
Just an observation. Translating Mowgli, I've noticed that Kipling often gives to his characters meaningful names - meaningful in hindi. Thus, the bear is...
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cafaristeir
Feb 19, 2010 10:09 am
Hao dey kare Dmitry ! Even in French we have the expression "passer à tabac quelqu'un" or "tabasser quelqu'un" = "to batter (repeatedly and violently)...
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risto@...
rkupsala
Feb 19, 2010 2:00 pm
I found Jungle Book Wiki, which quote's Mowgli's Brothers: "It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 19, 2010 2:59 pm
... I've translated it recently like this: Es shakal, Dish-liser Tabaki. Wulfas de Bharat bishi Tabaki bikos ta lopi kadalok al zwo nuksan, fai gosip, chi...
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zain hassie
zeinelabidin
Feb 19, 2010 7:29 pm
Tabaq is an arabic word that means " a dish " (present also in Urdu and Turkish)Tabahi , in Arabic means " showing up " ... Da: risto@......
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zain hassie
zeinelabidin
Feb 19, 2010 7:32 pm
Mowgli !Are you talking about Cartoons ?!I didn't know that our Cartoons are the same. ... Da: lingwadeplaneta <lingwadeplaneta@...> Oggetto:...
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lingwadeplaneta
Feb 19, 2010 8:12 pm
I am surprised how many languages present this animal as a kind of spiky swine. In fact it's a rodent which isn't like a swine at all. I'm going to pick smth...
