Johannes Diglot Groupie Germany adfc-nrw.de/ Joined 5641 days ago 76 posts - 79 votes Speaks: German*, Latin Studies: Turkish
| Message 825 of 2529 21 September 2009 at 3:44pm | IP Logged |
occasio (Latin) = opportunity
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 826 of 2529 21 September 2009 at 10:13pm | IP Logged |
怕 (pà)
'fear'/'to be afraid', Mandarin
Edited by Levi on 21 September 2009 at 10:20pm
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magister Pro Member United States Joined 6601 days ago 346 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Turkish, Irish Personal Language Map
| Message 827 of 2529 21 September 2009 at 10:51pm | IP Logged |
LATIN
Quirītēs = Roman citizens
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Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 828 of 2529 21 September 2009 at 11:39pm | IP Logged |
rhabdomant - rhabdomancy
Respectively a dowser and the action performed by a dowser(= a person who seeks water with a wand) - goes back to a combination of Greek words, but I really don't know whether dowsing was performed in Classical Greece (but they were somewhat superstitious, so maybe...)
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Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5845 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map
| Message 829 of 2529 22 September 2009 at 12:01am | IP Logged |
ses uyumu (Turkish) = vocal harmony (very essential for the Turkish spelling!)
Fasulye
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 830 of 2529 22 September 2009 at 12:12am | IP Logged |
träumen
'to dream', German
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rggg Heptaglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6323 days ago 373 posts - 426 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay Studies: Romanian, Catalan, Greek, German, Swedish
| Message 831 of 2529 22 September 2009 at 12:19am | IP Logged |
Utopía (Spanish)
Ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects.
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 832 of 2529 22 September 2009 at 12:29am | IP Logged |
Usamos la misma palabra en inglés. ;)
время (vremya)
'time', Russian
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