Mighty Word summary
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noun
[GI] Gender Inflected[GEN] Inherently Gendered[N] Noun[V] Verb
˧˥kʰɛRpɑ
Kherpa
[kʰɛRpɑ]
leaf (botanical)
[kʰɛRpɑ]
leaf (botanical)
Mighty
Source Language:
Basque
Etymology
Etymology of Creation: I was looking up Basque words and noticed Erhi for finger and Erpa for talon, spur, grasp. That reminded me of the inherent gender change - pa for the two masculine genders - and reminded me of kʰɛRɓɑ which is the Mighty word for finger already. And since males are considered more aggressive than females and neuters, it made sense to me to have claw be a gendered variance on finger and knuckle. See kʰɛRɓɑ for more information on the etymology of creation. Notes
Other Gender \kʰɛRpɑ English Gloss: Branch, Leaf, or Outgrowth.
Etymology of Creation: I was looking up Basque words and noticed Erhi for finger and Erpa for talon, spur, grasp. That reminded me of the inherent gender change - pa for the two masculine genders - and reminded me of kʰɛRɓɑ which is the Mighty word for finger already. And since males are considered more aggressive than females and neuters, it made sense to me to have claw be a gendered variance on finger and knuckle. See kʰɛRɓɑ for more information on the etymology of creation. Notes
Other Gender \kʰɛRpɑ English Gloss: Branch, Leaf, or Outgrowth.
↺ 29 December 2015, 09:37
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Arabic (العربية)وَرَقَة (waraqa)
Azeri (Azərbaycanca)yarpaq
Bashkir (Башҡортса)япраҡ (yapraq)
Breton (Brezhoneg)delienn
Chechen (Нохчийн мотт)гӏа (ġa)
Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ)ᎤᎦᎶᎬ (ugalogv)
Welsh (Cymraeg)deilen
Danish (dansk)blad
German (Deutsch)(((Blatt)))
Finnish (Suomi)lehti
French (Français)feuille
Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge)duilleog
Manx (Gaelg)duillag
Hebrew (עברית)עָלֶה (alé)
Hungarian (Magyar)levél
Eastern Canadian Inuit (Inuktitut)ᐊᑭᕈᐊᕈᖅ (akiruaruq)
Ketəə
Karelian (Karjala)lehti
Latin (Lingua latīna)folium
Mon (ဘာသာ မန်)သၠ (hlaˀ)
Hill Mari (Кырык мары йӹлмӹ)ə̈lə̈štäš
Maltese (Malti)werqa
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)အရွက် (a.rwak)
Erzya (Эрзянь)lopa
Nahuatlizhuatl
Jersey Norman (Jèrriais)fielle
Navajo (Diné bizaad)atʼąąʼ
Ojibwe (ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ) ᐊᓂᐱᐦᔑᐸᐟ (aniibiishibag)
Polish (Polski)liść
Pipil (Nawat)iswat
Portuguese (Português) folha
Turkmen (Türkmençe)ýaprak
Tagalogdahon
Turkish (Türkçe)yaprak
Tatar (Татарча) яфрак (yafraq)
Uzbek (O'zbekcha)yaproq
Votic (vađđa ceeli)lehti
Voro (Võro kiil)leht'