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22 hours ago · For example, yama (山, mountain) would be spelt as 也末, with two magana with on'yomi for ya and ma; likewise, hito (人, human) spelt as 比登 for hi and to. Kungana (訓仮名, learned kana): magana for transcribing Japanese words, using native words ascribed to kanji (native "readings" or kun'yomi).
22 hours ago · ac·ro·nym (ăk ′ rə-nĭm′) n. 1. A word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name, such as NATO from N orth A tlantic T reaty O rganization or by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar from ra dio d etecting a nd r anging.
22 hours ago · In modern Japanese, katakana is most often used for transcription of words from foreign languages or loanwords (other than words historically imported from Chinese), called gairaigo. [5] For example, "ice cream" is written アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu). Similarly, katakana is usually used for country names, foreign places, and foreign ...
22 hours ago · Definition and terminology Main article: Etymology of Wicca See also: Modern paganism and New Age Wiccan priestess, United States Scholars of religious studies classify Wicca as a new religious movement, and more specifically as a form of modern Paganism. Wicca has been cited as the largest, best known, most influential, and most academically studied form of modern Paganism. [7] Within the ...
22 hours ago · Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea (and Cyprus) to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
22 hours ago · Etymology The English word sun developed from Old English sunne. Cognates appear in other Germanic languages, including West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, Standard German Sonne, Bavarian Sunna, Old Norse sunna, and Gothic sunnō. All these words stem from Proto-Germanic * sunnōn. This is ultimately related to the word for sun in other branches of the Indo-European language ...
22 hours ago · the word includes a dash followed by a vowel, like mag-aral (study) the word has two vowels next to each other, like paano (how) the word starts with a prefix followed by a verb that starts with a vowel, like mag-aayos ([will] fix) Stress and final glottal stop. Stress is a distinctive feature in Tagalog. Primary stress occurs on either the ...
