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Chinese 臺 /tʰaɪ̯³⁵/ "tower; lookout; stage; platform; support; stand; base; etc." v.s. English dais
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- 08 Nov 2022 07:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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- 08 Nov 2022 00:47
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 893
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Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Japanese 恋 / koi "romantic love" v.s. Finnish koi "cancer"
- 05 Nov 2022 17:20
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
Chinese 蘿蔔 /lwɔ³⁵ b̥wɔ³/ v.s. Proto-Germanic *rōbǭ (cf. Standard German Rübe Swedish ruva ) Would you mind giving glosses? Most of us have no idea what the Chinese word even means. Chinese 蘿蔔 means "radish" and is also used in words indicating "carrot"; also 蘿蔔 itself does not s...
- 04 Nov 2022 19:21
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 913
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Re: False cognates
Chinese 蘿蔔 /lwɔ³⁵ b̥wɔ³/ v.s. Proto-Germanic *rōbǭ (cf. Standard German Rübe Swedish ruva)
- 03 Sep 2022 07:53
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
Arabic وَسَط (wasaṭ) "middle, centre, waist" / Egyptian Arabic وسط (weṣṭ) "middle, centre, waist"
English waist
English waist
- 21 Jul 2022 15:08
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
English stall and stable (noun.) The former is ultimately from PIE *stel- ; the latter is ultimately from PIE *steh₂- ; however, it is possible that *stel- is a root extension of *steh₂- , if *stel- is a root extension of *steh₂- , the the English words will be true cognates, though a pretty distan...
- 15 Jul 2022 20:38
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 913
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Re: False cognates
English stall and stable (noun.) The former is ultimately from PIE *stel- ; the latter is ultimately from PIE *steh₂- ; however, it is possible that *stel- is a root extension of *steh₂- , if *stel- is a root extension of *steh₂- , the the English words will be true cognates, though a pretty distant...
- 11 Jul 2022 20:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
- Replies: 682
- Views: 177461
Re: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
Kankonian has reached 80,000 words ! Wow, that's really impressive Thanks. [<3] Although don't forget, your Urban Basanawa makes this list as well. right btw the Urban Basanawa has been renamed as Town Speech, because the old name "Urban Basanawa" is hard to justify for in-world historica...
- 10 Jul 2022 16:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
- Replies: 682
- Views: 177461
Re: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
Wow, that's really impressive
- 24 Jun 2022 19:48
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: If you were to write one novel...
- Replies: 41
- Views: 16076
Re: If you were to write one novel...
I already have ideas: one of them is a girl that was caught by alien cyborgs and converted into one of them before her birth, but she ran away and tried to fight against those alien cyborgs
- 23 Jun 2022 17:46
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10005
Re: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building
takan /ta'kan/ -- an adjective diminished, shortened Next: ɴ̯ʏɴα (human approximation /d̼ɯ̞dã/) - verb/noun connected with water v. to cry(tears) I am not sure if this fits your needs, alternatively v. to, wash, bathe, ablute n. bath, laundry, ablution or v. to swim, float next: s-h-d verb/noun con...
- 09 Mar 2022 23:44
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Ancient Egyptian dšrt (deshret) "Red One" v.s. English desert
Remark: Deshret is an Ancient Egyptian word used to indicate the desert area outside of "kemet", the fertile Nile river basin
Remark: Deshret is an Ancient Egyptian word used to indicate the desert area outside of "kemet", the fertile Nile river basin
- 26 Feb 2022 15:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
Of those 22... four , nearly 20%, are words for pointy sticks (posts, spikes, spears, etc)! And all four begin with sC-clusters. [from the other direction: 4 out of 12 u-stems with initial sC clusters are words for pointy sticks!] This seems way too much to be a coincidence! But it also doesn't see...
- 26 Feb 2022 15:49
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Today I learned ...
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Re: Today I learned ...
The word for "frost" in Germanic and Slavic languages are more consistent, in that there are usually cognates with similar concepts in closely related languages; while there's no such consistency in Romance languages.
- 11 Dec 2021 05:06
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
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Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Japanese 俺 [o̞ɾe̞] "I, me(masculine)" v.s. Guarani ore /oˈɾe/ "we(exclusive), our"
- 20 Nov 2021 19:00
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
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Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Gutnish päiku "girl" v.s. Swedish pojke "boy"
Not sure if they are cognates though
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Gutnish sårken "boy" v.s. Manchu sargan "woman, wife"
Not sure if they are cognates though
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Gutnish sårken "boy" v.s. Manchu sargan "woman, wife"
- 30 Oct 2021 03:03
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
English pork
Maori poaka "pig, pork"
Maori poaka "pig, pork"
- 31 Jul 2021 08:10
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
Romanian grămadă "mass, heap, pile, multitude, lot of something" v.s. Portuguese gramado "lawn"
- 29 Jun 2021 18:54
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 913
- Views: 340121
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Japanese なこま/猫 /ne̞ko̞ma̠/ "cat(archaic form)" v.s. Bambara jakuma "cat"
- 28 Jun 2021 18:22
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
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- Views: 286248
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Finnish fani "fan" v.s. Faroese fani "devil"
but well, fans can sometimes be devilish to their idols lol
but well, fans can sometimes be devilish to their idols lol