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Importation of Words
The document discusses two types of words imported from foreign languages: 1. Loan words, which are integrated words that have been adopted into the language like "typhoon" from Cantonese and "ninja" from Japanese. 2. Foreign words, which are non-integrated words spelled as is like "manana" from Spanish and "neè" from French. The document provides examples of words from different languages that have been imported as either loan words or foreign words.
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- 1. IMPORTATION OFWORDS 1. Loan Word 2. Foreign Word
- 2. Loan Word integrated wordfrom a foreign language
- 3. Cantonese (Southern China, Hongkong) typhoon - from the words for "great wind"
- 4. Japanese (Japan) ninja - from nin, meaning "to endure" and ja, "person"
- 5. Tagalog (Northern Philippines) boondocks - from bundok, meaning "mountain"
- 6. Breton (France) bravo- a cry of encouragement
- 7. Czechoslovakia Czech robot - an intelligent machine - originally meaning 'worker'
- 8. Hindi (India) shampoo - a hair-cleaning detergent
- 9. Native South American Avocado - a green fruit -originally from 'awa guatl' meaning testicle
- 10. Congo and AngolaKongo zombie - dead-but-still-alive, originally the name of a snake-god
- 11. Foreign Word non-integrated word froma foreign language spelled as is
- 12. Spanish: mañana –“tomorrow” French: neè – “born”
- 13. Latin: verbatim –“following the exact words” Greek: kudos – “fame”
- 14. German: wanderlust –“to wander/ travel + desire/ pleasure”
- 15. Italian: diva – “goddess” Russian: sputnik – “co-traveller”
- 16. Japanese: tsunami– “a tidal wave caused by a major undersea earthquake”