Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/September

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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish

kuningas noun king (chess, card games) king

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Foreign word of the day  in Mirandese

maias f. pl., noun chestnuts eaten during May Day, in superstitious belief that they will bring luck and prevent headaches in the coming year.

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl

totoltepohua verb to count eggs

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Foreign word of the day  in Afrikaans

leerarea noun area of learning; specific educational discipline

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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili

udevu noun beard hair (in plural, beard)

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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian

farlòc m., noun a naïve person; someone easily tricked something fake, bogus foreigner (person from another country)

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Foreign word of the day  in Italian

all’amatriciana adjective (of a pasta sauce) made with tomato and guanciale (or pancetta), garlic and parsley

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek

ἀκτή • (aktē) f., noun headland, cape, promontory any raised place (poetic) corn (grains of cereal crops)

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Foreign word of the day  in French

estimer verb (transitive) to estimate, to calculate roughly (transitive) to esteem, to hold in high regard (transitive) to give some thought to, to consider

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Foreign word of the day  in Galician

muiñeira f., noun a traditional dance and musical genre of Galicia, characterised by a 6/8 tempo, lively, choreographic dancing and the use of bagpipes.

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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua

tinkurqoy verb to run into someone who is needed

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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese

achiperres m. pl., noun tools and equipment used for a particular activity.

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Foreign word of the day  in Russian

живность • (žívnost’) f., noun (colloquial) small living creatures collectively (colloquial) poultry (colloquial) small cattle; sheep and goats

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl

xihuitl noun Year.

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Foreign word of the day  in Kaingang

jẽnjẽn verb to feed (to give food) to tame (to make tame) to fool; to trick; to deceive

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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese

vadoso adjective (of a body of water) full of shallows

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese

postremeiro adjective last (coming after all others)

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Foreign word of the day  in Karipúna Creole French

gholut noun giant otter (a South American mustelid, Pteronura brasiliensis)

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl

matlequiquiztlazqui noun A musketeer; an arquebusier.

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Foreign word of the day  in Mirandese

tascar verb to remove the bast from a flax plant.

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse

unnr f., noun a wave (an undulation in a body of water)

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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian

éuggio m., noun eye (organ by which means animals see)

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish

céile m., noun servant, bondsman, subject (legal) liege, vassal, the recipient of a fief fellow, companion, neighbour husband

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