Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2019

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January 1

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  1. قَصَب = stalk

January 2

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  1. Respect mood in plural - based on what?

January 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 3

  1. Adjectives ending in -ic
  2. Question about verb tense: past tense or past perfect tense?

January 5

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  1. Long vowel sounds in Old English

January 6

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  1. German "Verunreinigungen"

January 7

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  1. Forth Worth

January 8

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  1. Too-wry-ay
  2. Nationality names which can or can't be used as both a adjective and a (singular) noun

January 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 12

  1. Is "professional hunter" an umbrella term for those, whose occupation is hunting, e.g. "gamekeepers"?

January 14

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  1. Xhosa pronunciation question (letter "r")

January 16

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  1. Arabic: " Hello, حلو ". Can this mean anything, not in a romantic context?

January 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 17

  1. Chinese Name
  2. Boat vs. ship

January 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 18

  1. Paul Meara
  2. Leipzig
  3. Are there other words where the Arabic consonant غ interchanges with the Hebrew consonant ר?

January 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 19

  1. The food tastes good
  2. Why Copenhagen and not Copenhaven?

January 20

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  1. Japanese text
  2. Yours sincerely/faithfully
  3. Saadeddin Arkej or Sadettin Ergeç, Arabic or Turkish

January 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 22

  1. Title question
  2. English sentences where the past tense is not supplied contextually
  3. l and r in Japanese

January 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 23

  1. "I'll get me coat"

January 24

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  1. The word "either"

January 25

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  1. on or in the Chinese mainland
  2. Name of Illustrator of work in German

January 26

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  1. Indy 4

January 27

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  1. Coin identification

January 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 28

  1. Greek and Russian alphabets

January 29

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  1. Baritarian

January 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 30

  1. Can "tincture" mean a bottle/phial?

January 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 31

  1. Komi language Sound Change