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zerrubabbel
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 Message 153 of 182
29 June 2012 at 7:11pm | IP Logged 
食べ物 tabemono - food
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clumsy
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 Message 154 of 182
04 July 2012 at 10:31pm | IP Logged 
ꋠ zze - to eat (Yi)
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Levi
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 Message 155 of 182
28 August 2012 at 3:50am | IP Logged 
筷子 kuàizi
'chopsticks' - Mandarin
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Duke100782
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 Message 156 of 182
09 September 2012 at 7:18am | IP Logged 
Kwan - a Tagalog filler word used to replace objects when you've momentarily forgotten the word you were
originally going to use or you don't have the most apt term to describe what you want to express, with the
connotation that you will remember it later on.

Edited by Duke100782 on 09 September 2012 at 7:21am

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viedums
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 Message 157 of 182
09 September 2012 at 12:33pm | IP Logged 
ขวัญ khwan (rising tone) – an interesting Thai concept. Here’s how the dictionary website thai2english.com describes it:

In traditional Thai beliefs, "khwan" is an invisible spirit that lives within each person and which is responsible for psychological and spiritual well-being. Losing your "khwan" (ขวัญหาย) is thought to cause health or mental problems. Unfortunately, "khwan" is easily frightened and any scary or unnerving experience can easily cause it to flee the body to safety. To keep "khwan" inside of you, or to coax it back once it's fled, it's necessary to feel safe, peaceful and at ease. Babies and young children are the most at risk and are particularly prone to losing their "khwan". If so, it falls to their parents (usually the mother) to bring it back by protectively holding their child and saying ขวัญเอ้ยขวัญมา ("Oh Khwan, come back!") until the child feels at ease again. The belief that "khwan" lies in the head is in part responsible for the Thai taboo of touching people on the head, as doing so could easily upset and scare their "khwan" away. Perhaps the most common term learners come across relating to "khwan" is ของขวัญ "present, gift" which literally means "something for your khwan".

This is a useful site - it also includes a long, long list of vocab items with “khwan”:

Thai2english: khwan

Edited by viedums on 09 September 2012 at 12:35pm

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zerrubabbel
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 Message 158 of 182
10 September 2012 at 5:34am | IP Logged 
长寿 chuang shou
mandarin for long life (longevity etc)
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Levi
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 Message 159 of 182
13 September 2012 at 4:50pm | IP Logged 
бессмертный (bessmértnyj)
'immortal' - Russian

zerrubabbel wrote:
长寿 chuang shou

*cháng shòu
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monohablante
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 Message 160 of 182
19 September 2012 at 12:16am | IP Logged 
La muerte
Death-Spanish


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