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 281 of 1208 12 November 2009 at 9:17pm | IP Logged |
das Brot
'bread' - German
Edited by Levi on 12 November 2009 at 9:18pm
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kyknos Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5494 days ago 103 posts - 140 votes Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, English Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 282 of 1208 12 November 2009 at 10:51pm | IP Logged |
kruh
'bread' in Croatian
'circle' in Czech
another Slavonian false friend :)
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Gusutafu Senior Member Sweden Joined 5519 days ago 655 posts - 1039 votes Speaks: Swedish*
| Message 283 of 1208 12 November 2009 at 11:27pm | IP Logged |
bekós
'bread' in Phrygian.
There is an interesting story to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psamtik_I#Discovering_the_origi n_of_language
Basically, Pharao Psammetichus I performed the ultimate linguistic experiment, isolating two children to see what language they would speak. Turns out, Phrygian. Or perhaps they mimiced the goats?
Edited by Gusutafu on 13 November 2009 at 9:59am
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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 284 of 1208 12 November 2009 at 11:43pm | IP Logged |
מַצָּה (matza)
'matzo' (unleavened bread) - Hebrew
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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 285 of 1208 13 November 2009 at 7:17am | IP Logged |
osun idíba
'yeast',Yoruba
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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 286 of 1208 13 November 2009 at 3:50pm | IP Logged |
菌類 (kinrui)
'fungus' - Japanese
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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 287 of 1208 14 November 2009 at 5:20am | IP Logged |
ᎤᏂᎶᏇ unilokwe
'mushrooms', Cherokee
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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 288 of 1208 14 November 2009 at 5:35am | IP Logged |
幻觉 (huànjué)
'hallucination, illusion' - Mandarin
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