Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6032 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 17 of 1208 11 August 2009 at 6:13pm | IP Logged |
кладбище /kladbishte/ - graveyard, Russian
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Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5704 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian
| Message 18 of 1208 11 August 2009 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
cladach - Seashore, Irish
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Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6032 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 19 of 1208 11 August 2009 at 6:50pm | IP Logged |
claymore - big sword, English
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formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6209 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 20 of 1208 12 August 2009 at 6:51am | IP Logged |
Sennin wrote:
claymore - big sword, English |
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How did you get "big sword" from seashore??
kisu
"knife"
Swahili
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Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5704 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian
| Message 21 of 1208 12 August 2009 at 7:48am | IP Logged |
I figure it was cause claymore rhymes with seashore...kinda.
couper - to cut, French
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Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6032 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 22 of 1208 12 August 2009 at 5:45pm | IP Logged |
formiko wrote:
Sennin wrote:
claymore - big sword, English |
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How did you get "big sword" from seashore??
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Here's the secret: Both "cladach" and "claymore" start with cla-; cladach is an Irish word, the claymore is a Scottish sword, and so they're both Celtic things.
copper - policeman, British English
Edited by Sennin on 12 August 2009 at 5:49pm
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Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5704 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian
| Message 23 of 1208 12 August 2009 at 5:53pm | IP Logged |
oh ok, haha, cool
copra - cover, Italian
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formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6209 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 24 of 1208 13 August 2009 at 9:17am | IP Logged |
litkovrilo
"blanket"
Esperanto
Edited by formiko on 13 August 2009 at 9:17am
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