Month: February 2022

From Proto-Italic *spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti, from *speḱ- (The Greek roots show a metathesized *sḱep-) +‎ *-yeti(Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots). Cognates include Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (spasyeiti), and Sanskrit पश्यति (páśyati). Pronunciation (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ki.oː/, [ˈs̠pɛkioː] (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈspɛːt͡ʃio] Verb speciō (present infinitive specere, perfect active spexī, supine spectum); third conjugation iō-variant I observe, watch, look…

Etymology From Latin importāre + -ować, present active infinitive of importō, from in- (“in, at, on; into”) +‎ portō (“carry, bear; convey”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /im.pɔrˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ Syllabification: im‧por‧to‧wać Verb importować impf (perfective zaimportować) (transitive, economics) to import (to bring in from a foreign…

Etymology Cognate with Mycenaean Greek a-ke-ro, but origin uncertain. Probably a loanword, and probably related to ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “Persian mounted courier”) (whence Latin angarius), which is probably from an Asian language. Klein suggests Semitic, cf. 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀‎ (’engirtā, “missive, letter; contract”) and ܐܓܪܬܐ‎ (ˀeggarṯā, “letter, document”) (from Akkadian,…

Etymology From Vulgar Latin *affactare, from Latin affectāre, present active infinitive of affectō, from Proto-Italic *adfaktō, frequentative of *adfakiō (“affect”), from *ad + *fakiō (“do, make”).  Pronunciation (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.fəjˈta/ (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.fajˈtaɾ/ Verb afaitar (first-person singular present afaito, past participle afaitat) (transitive) to shave Synonyms: rapar, rasurar, barbejar (obsolete) to adorn Synonyms: abellir, adornar

Noun gùndú vulture References Stefano Santandrea, The Kresh Group, Aja and Baka Languages (Sudan): A Linguistic Contribution (1976)