zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4598 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin
| Message 153 of 182 29 June 2012 at 7:11pm | IP Logged |
食べ物 tabemono - food
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clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi
| Message 154 of 182 04 July 2012 at 10:31pm | IP Logged |
ꋠ zze - to eat (Yi)
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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 155 of 182 28 August 2012 at 3:50am | IP Logged |
筷子 kuàizi
'chopsticks' - Mandarin
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Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4486 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin
| 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 Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4664 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese
| 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 Senior Member United States Joined 4598 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin
| 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 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 159 of 182 13 September 2012 at 4:50pm | IP Logged |
бессмертный (bessmértnyj)
'immortal' - Russian
*cháng shòu
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monohablante Newbie United States Joined 4482 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 160 of 182 19 September 2012 at 12:16am | IP Logged |
La muerte
Death-Spanish
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