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User talk:Rodasmith

Hangul
Thanks for your hangul stroke order imgs. I just added them to en:Hangul.

If you know the stroke order for bansiot ㅿ, could you create an image of it, and maybe of yes-ieung ㆁ as well? (The latter is easy, if you have the fonts for it, but I have no idea whether ㅿ has two strokes or three.)

Please drop me a note on my page if you're able to do so, since I don't keep a close watch on wiktionary articles. Kwamikagami 22:31, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

 * I'm afraid I don't really know how the obsolete jamo were written. It's not clear to me whether the bottom line of bansiot was written separately, as with, or as a continuation of the initial stroke, as with .  As for , I guess I could just edit the  image to extend the upper stroke, but do we know for sure whether the upper stroke was written before or after the circle? Rod (A. Smith) 21:20, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Naw. I assume ngieung was written with a single stroke, starting at the top. That's what you'd expect from calligraphic norms. But if we don't have bansiot, which is the unpredictable one, there's not much point in having ngieung. I'll check around. Kwamikagami 06:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Index:American Sign Language
I created Index:American Sign Language before you standardized handshape names, so it uses a different set from that used by, well, everywhere else ASL is on enwikt. Shall we scrap the index?—msh210 ℠  20:29, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I see your point, but there is certainly value in having an index. I liked how yours distinguishes between two-handed signs of a given initial dominant shape and one-handed signs beginning with that shape. I'm open to your suggestions or to your being bold. :-) Rod (A. Smith) 22:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * (I missed your response even though I had watchlisted this page. I only now thought to look back here to see whether I had perhaps missed seeing your reply on my watchlist. Hence the delayed response.) I agree there should be an index, but think that the handshapes by which the entries are indexed should conform (and conform in name) to those used in the pagenames, so as to avoid confusion. Splitting by number of hands is good, too, I suppose.—msh210 ℠  23:13, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * (I should have replied here in the first place.) At some point, I could work on converting the indices to use the new phoneme names if you don't beat me to it, but I wouldn't complain if you scrap them before I get around to that. Sometimes it's easier to start from scratch. By the way, have you noticed the sign language edit tools? For me, they make it easier to compose entry names.  Give them a shot. :-) Rod (A. Smith) 23:40, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * (Oh, you can keep the discussion here. I'll check back sooner or later.) Re "Sometimes it's easier to start from scratch": that was the point of my original post in this discussion.  And I did not see the edit tools, no. Where am I looking?—msh210  ℠  23:44, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * When you are editing a page (or section), look through the drop-down list below the edit box. It contains a "Sign languages" entry. Select that. Your suggestions there are of course quite welcome. Rod (A. Smith) 23:52, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

5@SideForheadhigh-PalmDown-5@SideForheadhigh-PalmDown Wiggle-Wiggle 5@SideTrunkhigh-Palmdown-5@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown
Not to be rude, but who in the world is going to enter that in the search box?

 * Confusion doesn't seem rude at all. ;-)  It's not about entering things into search boxes.  If it were, what would you name the entry?  SNOW:?  That search term should locate the entry as well, if we simply redirect appropriately.  :-) Rod (A. Smith) 04:29, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:de-verb-strong
Hello, may I request you to modify your template (by augmenting the number of arguments by one) in order to include the Konjunktiv Präteritum form of the strong verb. For example, many strong verbs have a vowel mutation (Ablaut?) which makes them differ from Indikativ Präteritum forms: helfen - (Ind. Pr.) half - (Konj. Pr.) hülfe; werfen - warf - würfe, stehen - stand, stünde and so forth. I think it is related to the Präteritum Singular and Präteritum Plural mutations in Old Norse verbs as well, probably some rudiment in both languages. Since I am not conversant with templates, I would rather refrain from modifying the template. Bogorm 12:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Done. To use the new optional parameter, use the parameter name "past subjunctive" (e.g. http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=helfen&diff=5751985&oldid=4788777).  Let me know if there's a better simple English name for that.  Rod (A. Smith) 01:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Geor
I've added the class Geor to this template, following the agreed format for all of the Category:Script templates. I'll remove script-Geor from the template, if that's okay with you. If you are still using class="script-Geor" in your style sheet or any other applications, you should update it. Regards. —Michael Z. 2009-01-02 21:49 z

 * Yes, of course that's good. Sorry for the delay.  I somehow missed the "new messages" notice.  —Rod (A. Smith) 19:47, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

my first ASL entry
Would you mind looking at, correcting, and, if necessary, commenting on my first ASL entry, A@Near Seven? Thanks.—msh210 ℠  20:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

And, now, would you mind also looking at my second ASL entry? It's Kc@Inside-PalmForward 1o@Inside. Thanks much.—msh210 ℠  21:28, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Esperanto question
I came across a bunch of Esperanto roots that say in the entry that they are "not official" (list: -ent-, -enta, -ento, -unt-, -el-, -unta, -unto, -ut-, -uta, -uto). Do you know what that means for Esperanto (should we include it)? This info was currently under no L3 heading. Should I put it under Etymology, or Usage Notes? Thanks. --Bequw → ¢ • τ 08:48, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

 * There was a publication several decades ago that is often regarded as defining Esperanto's official list of roots. La Plena Vortaro, or some such. I assume that those "not official" roots are common ones not found in that publication. I think Wiktionary's approach would be to include such a root if several words can be attested for it, in which case I'd note in the Etymology section that the root was borrowed after the Vortaro publication if that's the case, or otherwise with a usage note explaining that the root did not make the cut for the Vortaro so its use may be restricted to informal situations. If you're not sure when the root was borrowed, a vague etymology note about its absence from the Vortaro should suffice, perhaps with an  note. —Rod (A. Smith) 15:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks. --Bequw → ¢ • τ 05:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

ASE Skill Level Upgrade Approval

 * I, Michael A. Cooper, as an ASL Native user, have noticed significant improvement in Rod A. Smith's ASL skills. I authorize for his ASL skills to be upgraded from ASE-2 to ASE-3. Congratulations on a great job! :) ECUgrad96 18:07, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Commons images of Michael C.
Just happened across commons:Commons:Photographs of identifiable people. You might want a look-see, to avoid deletion.—msh210 ℠  22:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the heads-up. I really do hope to start photographing ASL natives producing signs for entries, but now I'm not sure how to go about recording their consent. —Rod (A. Smith) 23:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Most of that is about images taken in situations where getting consent is not easy (or whatever). In your case, all you need is a standard photo release. I'd suggest you ask Mike Godwin (WMF General Counsel) if he can gin one up for you that is approved by WMF. All it is is one or two paragraphs stating that the subject understands that the photo/video recording is to be used in commons, and released under the CC license (or whatever is best, might take a bit of thought). Subject just signs and dates it, is usually valid for photos taken on that one date. Robert Ullmann 17:17, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, yeah? Well, Hitler never signed a photo release!—msh210 ℠  17:47, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Formatting of 0
When you cleaned up 0 you added a left-aligned table containing  to the etymology section. While it looks fine on IE 8, Firefox and Chrome force this table (and the rest of the page contents) to be lower than the bottom of the first right-hand side image. This leaves a huge blank space, sometimes forcing me to scroll just to see any of the content (when I also have the ToC on the right). Would it be fine to just remove the table part, and inline with the rest of the etymology content the code snippet I show here? Cheers. --Bequw → ¢ • τ 04:32, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Yes, I haven't done any cross-browser compatibility testing, but your suggestion seems right. —Rod (A. Smith) 20:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

New User
I am a new user to Wiktionary. I have been seriously programming computers since I was 10. Three years ago, I set out to learn ASL. What hampered me the most was not having a computer-typeable method of ASL transcription to aid my memory. So I ended up creating one for my personal use.

At this time it has become so useful to me that I was hoping it might be of use to others. I came across your Wiktionary:About sign languages article discussion about using English to describe the signs. I would like to know if my non-English code for jotting down signs might be of use in this area. http://aslsj.com and http://aslsj.blogspot.com/. - Tom 08:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Your take on this is interesting. I had created a terse system, using symbols instead of English, but the response here was that the system was practically illegible.  Have you read about any other notation systems for transcribing signs?  —Rod (A. Smith) 21:58, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

 * My take is a code that is concise and typeable. I share the above sentiment about your encoding for SNOW.  My system would transcribe this as Bavlnvw.  This could be transcribed by a rudimentary computer program as a sequence of steps with Handshape, Area, and Movement aspects.  (Greater-used hand represents the right hand for right-handed signers and the left hand for left-handed signers.  Lesser hand would be the opposite.)

 * This actually assumes that the hands are side-by-side. Other arrangements would need to be specified.

 * My code always starts with a capital letter representing the greater hand handshape: B. An adjustment letter, within the range of a-f m-q, may follow.  In this case, the letter a represents the thumb extended on the B handshape making "Open-B."  This is not exactly the slight claw / fingers spread out that SNOW actually uses.  But, if you signed it using exactly this handshape, an experienced ASL user would still recognize it.

 * After the handshape and adjustment, the palm-orientation (from vsik) may be specified. (If not specified, the palm-out orienatation is assumed.)  Bav means Open-B palm-down.

 * The Area aspect involves the greater hand's position around the body and the lesser hand's relative position from the greater. The assumption for most hands is side-by-side and not touching, therefore this was omitted.  The greater hand's position (from bcdnopq) is specified immediately before the movement style code (glxz) when the hand is close to the body, and immediately after when away from the body.  Bavln has the greater hand's position in front of the forehead.

 * Of the movement styles, l (parallel movement), x (opposing movement), and z (following movement) require two hands. Since the second was not specified explicitly, the lesser hand is assumed to also be an Open-B palm-down hand.  (The lesser hand is side-by-side with the greater hand.)  The movement direction (vhsroi) is v for downward.  There is a letter w after the movement which represents the wiggling fingers of the handshape during their downward movement.

 * I suppose that the real question is: how much ASL / ASL transcription code will a student need to know in order before they can use the ASL dictionary entries? - Tom 07:16, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Cool signature
Hey, how can you get a signature like yours? When I try it, the entire signature becomes a link with the brackets etc. even showing. Could you tell me? Mallerd 16:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Did you try clicking "Raw signatures (without automatic link)" in your preferences? That should do the trick.  —Rod (A. Smith) 20:29, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Yep, that did the trick, thanks User:Mallerd (Zeg et es meisje) 17:58, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

!o^@Inside-PalmBack
What do you think?—msh210 ℠  17:56, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

 * I love it. Love it.  Good title, good structure, good definition.  Good job.  :-) —Rod (A. Smith) 17:59, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Now let's how quickly it gets deleted. —msh210  ℠  18:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

NEW BATCH
Rod, here is the list of the students' names that corresponds with the signs:

WRONG- Krista Y. STAND-Amy DRINK-Bryan JUMPNatalie FOOD-Catherine DANCE-Kathleen IMPROVE-Anthony (Tony) COOL-Austin WELCOME-Kyle Johnston ABSENT-Amanda Lam YES-Megan SAME/SAME-AS-Daniel WHAT- Jefferson

ECUgrad96ECUgrad96

another ASL entry
As with my previous ASL entries, I'm running my newest past you for both accuracy and format, since I trust myself on neither. Thanks!—msh210 ℠  23:30, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Good sign to add. I think your right about its being a conjunction in that sense.  I've also seen it used as a command, where I might gloss it as a verb like PUSH-ASIDE, as in the following:
 * lean-left: {ENGLISH GRAMMAR}, lean-right: {ASL GRAMMAR}, DIFFERENT. lean-left: {MANY SMALL WORDS, EXAMPLE -O-F-, -T-H-E-, -B-E-, -A-B-O-U-T-}, lean-right: {PUSH-ASIDE}.
 * We'd better get MC's input on this. —Rod (A. Smith) 23:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

ASL photographs
I like the photos: a really nice addition to make all this PalmAcrossFingerForward stuff less esoteric. I suppose the ideal thing in theory would be a way to map the text notation into (animated?) stick figures, but that's not going to happen any time soon. These fill the gap quite well. Equinox ◑ 20:20, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you like them. User:Positivesigner has started to add icons based on SignWriting to entries and to the ASL index.  Those seem pretty helpful.  I've stumbled a few times on animation/video.  In the end, I think each entry must be printable, but video and animation definitely can make some sign language entries easier to read.  There are so many challenges and so much fun work to do here for sign languages, lots of contributors can stay busy for quite awhile.  :-)  —Rod (A. Smith) 20:32, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

WT:ASL rename?
In case you weren't going to see it WT:RFDO. --Bequw → ¢ • τ 18:15, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the note. —Rod (A. Smith) 16:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Greek character transliteration
In 2007 (my apologies for not noticing) you contributed to discussion at Wiktionary talk:About Greek/Transliteration on that subject. Conrad.Irwin has asked me to look at a mapping file for automatic transliteration of Greek. I have done (am doing) this and have put a table of values at About Greek/Transliteration-new.

I am not aware of any substantial differences between this table and the old one - except that the stressed vowels and combinations of them are now listed in full (I hope). You (along with User:Doremítzwr) thought that η/ι and ω/ο should be differentiated. Now is a suitable time to address this. I sahll soon be absent until 22 Sept, so any answers will be delayed. Hopefully none of us think so strongly (I don't) about this that we cannot reach friendly agreement :) — Saltmarsh απάντηση 14:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Reorganization status
After I started adding signs, I realized that the index (to which I assume I am supposed to add my signs) is not in very good shape. From what I can tell, you are in the process of migrating from the version sorted by handshape to a version sorted by "groups" of handshapes (AIS, 1DT, 3HVN, 6M, 9O, 45BC). Although I am a fan of organization and would help if I knew where to start, the new index pages do not display a consistent format (some are lists with SW symbols, while others are tables with sort criteria which I can't figure out, and some are pairs of tables which have the same signs twice). Needless to say, this makes the potential contributor (me, in this case) more than a little confused about how to add signs in a orderly fashion to the list. Eventually I decided just to add the signs to the old index, but I'm guessing this isn't the reaction you want. Is there a consensus about the format of the index? because I would be willing to at least start fixing them to have a consistent format and strict ordering.

Also, the Sign Jotting symbols confuse the heck out of me. One of the reasons I decided against trying to add symbols to the index is because there isn't any good documentation on how to use the right symbols (in particular, finding the right image by name), in what order, and what to use multiple rows for. In short, I need a conversion from title format (which is well-documented) to SJ format (which smacks of OR more than anything else here). And the index appears to be sorted by these symbols too, although not in an easily replicable manner. So, yeah. I'll just keep adding to the old index and migrate them all to the new one if and when it becomes operable. —Di gama (t • c • w) 21:41, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 * The new format using SJ is still in early draft status. It's not yet clear what roll SJ may eventually have here, if any.  User:Positivesigner is working on the ASL index using a combination of spreadsheet macros and manual edits.  When he finishes his initial pass, the next step is presumably to discuss the alternative index formats with all interested editors.  That discussion will probably occur at Wiktionary talk:About sign languages, so you may want to bookmark that page.  I will probably also add a note to WT:BP when the discussion begins.  In the meantime, yes, it's perfectly sufficient to add new entries to the phone-based index pages.  In the end, we should have a set of bots or other automated tools to keep the sign language index up-to-date by combing through Category:American Sign Language, but we're nowhere near that at this time.  —Rod (A. Smith) 21:56, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 * If you have any ideas for how to arrange the ASL index, this would be a great time to suggest them. —Rod (A. Smith) 22:01, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 * If I had to organize them, I would have them sorted by: dom. handshape group (opotional), dom. handshape, dom. height, other dom. location params, palm facing; then nondominant hand parameters (same order as above); then subsequent positions (same order as all above); then transitions. I very much doubt that there are any signs which are so similar as to require all of these, but I think it is important to have a definite relative order for any two signs in ASL (and any other sign language, if applicable).

 * The idea of having a table for the index is a good one, but it should be done only after all the initial headers are through, not having one huge table for the whole index. There should be headers for (ex.) dom. handshape (4, 5, Claw 5, B, Bent B, Flat B, Open B, C, Flat C), then height (Upper Face, Lower Face, Upper Torso (Neck - Chest), Lower Torso (Trunk-)), then tables with the SJ symbols (optional), the link and name, and the gloss. Specifically, the gloss should be separate from the descriptive name, because they easily get lost, and it would be nice to browse the glosses in a separate column. Extra information (as in the current tables) is not that helpful and can be confusing if they do not represent the sort criteria in order (and considering how many sort criteria there are, it would take up way too much room).

 * A list option like in 45BC is also an option; instead of a table, each entry would be its own table, holding the SJ, followed by the entry name, and then the gloss. The difference (I leave it to you to decide whether it is a advantage or a disadvantage) is that in the list format, the cell boundaries of each entry do not line up with adjacent entries. Although this can look worse overall, it does avoid the large white spaces likely to show up due to the variable length of the SJ strings (the large table would use the longest SJ string in the index for the cell boundary).

 * Ultimately, the format is not that important, but the sorting is. Although I don't insist that you use my suggested sort order, I do insist that they are in "absolute order:" that is to say, every sign must be in a situation where it "must" go between the two adjacent ones and nothing is left to choice or whim of the editor. —Di gama (t • c • w) 03:13, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Good suggestions. I don't have energy at the moment to start a structured conversation about finalizing the index structure, but if nobody beats me to it, I'll start one soon and note your above suggestions.  —Rod (A. Smith) 16:46, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Formal process for requesting ASL page moves
Obviously, mistakes can happen when naming ASL pages, and unlike anything else on the page, page moves cannot be done other than by an administrator. I propose that there should be a process so that I (for example) could request that page X be renamed to Y because the original editor:

 * 1) Did not use proper entry name format.
 * 2) Was overly terse so as to give an incorrect interpretation of the sign.
 * 3) Described the wrong movement or handshape.

Obviously, the latter two can be subjective, so such things would need to go through a vote like CFD or other similar administrative action (by an admin who is competent in ASL, of course). Unless I've missed it (and please tell me if I have!), we have no such process currently. —Di gama (t • c • w) 02:00, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

As an addendum, I add #4: the original editor used a description inconsistent with similar signs. I find this one of importance because we want to give a consistent front for sign names. As an example, ends "how" on "C" hands, while  ends on "BentB" hands. I would even go so far as to say that "how" does not end on C hands in any ASL dialect, and would therefore put it up as a candidate for renaming. —Di gama (t • c • w) 02:10, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Yes, I agree with your assessment of the second handshape in that phrase. It's not C because of the extended thumb.  It's not exactly bent B, either because the fingers are lax, but bent B is closer than C, so the page should be moved as you say.  And yes, we lack a process for requesting such moves.  Does  ("Request for ReName") seem right?  There are no ISO 639-3 codes beginning with "rf" yet, but such codes could eventually be assigned, so I think it's best to avoid "rfm" ("Request For Move"), "rfr" ("Request For Rename"), etc., but let me know if you have other ideas. —Rod (A. Smith) 16:29, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Autoconfirmed editors can move pages, so there should be no problem. —  msh210  ℠  17:58, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the clarification on move rights (and I see I can move pages now, so I think you're right on that count). However, I still think that there are moves about which I am not sure enough to unequivocally declare that my way is better, so I think a template should be created to encourage discussion. In response to Rodasmith, though, while thinking about what the template would say, it occured to me that it would be pretty ASL-specific (or at least sign-language-specific), so I think a name like would be better.

 * OK. I've created, mostly by plagiarizing .  Its only parameter, {1}, is the suggested new name.  Does that do the trick?  Feel free to change the template as you see fit.  —Rod (A. Smith) 00:17, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Phone name for variable locations
Replied at Wiktionary talk:About sign languages. This should answer your questions about why I renamed the "..."-titled pages (although I admit I renamed the pages before I saw your argument). —Di gama (t • c • w) 02:51, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Production text changes
Replied at Wiktionary talk:About sign languages. —Di gama (t • c • w) 08:25, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Again. —Di gama (t • c • w) 23:56, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

And again. —Di gama (t • c • w) 15:29, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

New Handshape images
I just blitzed through 225 new handshape images (taken of my own hand), five different directions for each handshape. I'm a little burnt out now, so I thought I'd pass you the baton to find your thoughts on how they should be put to use. Also, I'd like to know if you make any of these handshapes different than I did -- I'm not so sure myself about some of them (particularly, look at FlatC, E, OpenM and OpenN, and SmallO). They are on display at commons:User:Di_gama/2009-09-17 handshape images. —Di gama (t • c • w) 10:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Wow. That's quite a useful set of photos.  Your E is correct, but I usually make mine differently.  In my E, the four fingers are more extended at the base and more flexed at the medial and distal joints, resulting in no contact between the thumb and finger tips.  Some ASL natives call my E variation a "screaming E", which they seem to view similarly to typing in all caps, but other ASL natives make their E hands the same way that I do, so I classify it as an accent difference.  Your G is a bit more extended than mine.  In my G, the index finger is bent at the base joint such that it is nearly parallel to the proximal phalanx of the three curled fingers.  In that configuration, it is more easily distinguished from the 1 handshape.  In my K/P shape, the thumb pad touches the radial side of the joint between the medial and proximal phalanx of the middle finger, helping distinguish it from 2/V.  My M and N handshapes are more lax than yours, such that the inner side of the medial phalanges of the first fingers rest over the thumb and the thumb tip protrudes at the medial phalanx of the ring finger.  Your M and N appear to be compressed enough to move the points of thumb contact to the inner side of the base phalanges.  Upon trying my T, I was surprised to find that it matches yours exactly.  That is, although my M and N are looser than yours, my T is just as tight, with the thumb protruding between the base phalanges of the index and middle fingers.  Your FlatC, OpenM, OpenN, and SmallO are exactly like mine.
 * I know photos are time consuming, and the Commons somehow seems cumbersome, so thanks for taking the time to add those shapes. The first uses for them I imagine is in the ASL index pages and the handshape appendix.  I'll hopefully be able to work on incorporating them this afternoon or evening.  —Rod (A. Smith) 16:01, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Your mention of the G shape reminds me of a particular method of variation, where the thumb and index, while parallel, rotate from straight up (more or less as pictured) to 90° bent. The handshape of the LITTLE-BIT sign comes to mind. (I just looked it up, and although my dictionary claims it to be a G hand (which is, in turn, described like mine), it shows a picture of the index bent to 90°, with the thumb parallel and more or less the same length outward.) In fact, I think this may qualify as a separate handshape. If I were to name it, it would (by our uses of the words) be most accurately described as SmallFlatC, although a name like BentG would be more intuitive.
 * Your description of my (incorrect) thumb location in K/P seems to agree with my sources, so I think I will upload fixed versions of those.
 * As for "tenseness" in M and N, I will certainly admit that I was very tense when making these photos. (Since I was taking these pictures on a timed camera, I would hold the poses for a while, which makes them look a lot "tenser" on the whole than if I were just making these casually.) My aim was to make images of "ideal" handshape versions (i.e. some of these require much more premeditation than one is likely to use, but this is what they are "supposed to look like"). Indeed, in practice, my "M" is produced with the distal joints of my fingers totally relaxed, my pinky bent close but not touching the palm, and the thumb touching the proximal joint of my pinky, about even with my ring finger. The real element of recognition in this handshape in common usage, I believe, is the relative positions of the ring's proximal joint (high) to the pinky's (low), not the visible presence of the thumb. Ideally, though, I believe the thumb is supposed to stick out at least to halfway along the fingernail.
 * My scientific explanation for your observation with T/N/M is that in order to reach the farther fingers, you are forced to oppose your thumb (articulate the CMC joint), which pushes your thumb outward and makes holding it inward more difficult (or at least less natural).
 * As for E, I was very unsure about how tight to make it. I can imagine it anywhere from having the metacarpal joints on the fingers tensed backwards (slightly beyond straight out) and the PIP and DIP curled fully inward, with the thumb across (I think this is your "screaming E", maybe a little "louder"), to having all joints curled in (like S) with the DIP joints touching the length of the thumb (fingernails are not visible in this version). I opted (in the pictures) for a compromise where the edges of the fingernails touch the thumb (in practice this is actually quite painful). I just checked the books I have and they are a lot looser (perhaps I should not be surprised). The fingers all appear to be bent so that fingernails are forward, but they do not touch the palm. Likewise, the extension of the thumb varies, but it ranges from having the thumb's fingernail under the index finger to under the ring finger, and without touching the fingers. Is this one worth retaking, and if so, what handshape should it exhibit? —Di gama (t • c • w) 00:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't think you need to take the E photos again. The shape you made is normal and quite recognizable.  (If you were to take any again, it would be G to distinguish it from 1 by bending the index finger at the base.)  Your pictures are so clear, I wonder whether they can be shown as a tiny icon in the production descriptions.  —Rod (A. Smith) 05:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

 * The thing I'm not sure about is where G falls on the index-bend scale. Like I said, I can name a BentG-type sign (LITTLE-BIT), but G (from what I can tell) is normally done with the index at 45° to 0° with the thumb behind. The source I would claim is the observation (when watching ASL alphabets) that G and H only differ in the position of the middle finger (the thumb moves slightly, too). By extension, G should therefore have a straight-out index finger. When I ask myself, though, I generally make about 45° on the index finger in normal usage.
 * The icon idea is a good one, but I'm not sure how it would be carried out. Where would the icon go? If we put it before or near the prod link (3@InForward.jpg or  3@InForward.jpg shape), it may look too cluttered (I still have some problems with redundancy in the description, although the links improved the situation somewhat). We could try a float=right-type option, but it might conflict with any other production images, plus it would be too large (people would think that was the actual sign, not just a component handshape). —Di gama (t • c • w) 00:47, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Right. I was just now going to suggest showing the shapes at the beginning of the production sentence, showing one shape for one handed signs and two shapes for two-handed signs.  Unfortunately, it looks weird to put two right hands next to each other, and the arrangement seems to suggest a specific hand orientation, so I'm not so sure about this now.  —Rod (A. Smith) 16:19, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If it makes any difference, most of the images are horizontal-flipped, because I switched hands occasionally. (You might notice a light angle disparity.) Actually, I made most of them with my left hand, because I'm left-handed, but I felt that it would be more dictionary-consistent to use all right hands (although this dictionary seems to make a considerable effort to remain handedness-unbiased). So if you wanted you (or I) could flip and re-upload the images to get a left hand sign. —Di gama (t • c • w) 13:10, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Broken/\xc2\xa0\x2e
I came across this entry you made. Where did these all come from? Can it/they be deleted and any usable content put into Appendix:Unsupported titles? Cheers --Bequw → ¢ • τ 16:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Hmm. Mediawiki used to show those pages with reasonable approximations to the intended entry name. Apparently Mediawiki has changed. Clean them up as you see fit. —Rod (A. Smith) 18:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Moved the content to Appendix:Unsupported titles and left behind redirects in case Mediawiki decides to use them again. --Bequw → ¢ • τ 15:45, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

It's the second block in 9 days. Shouldn't it be longer? Also, where do I report vandals? Enigmaman 18:39, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

 * WT:VIP is the place to report such things. I wasn't aware of the previous block.  A longer one wouldn't hurt, but probably wouldn't help either.  Meh.  —Rod (A. Smith) 18:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Blocked for three months now. :) It appears to be a static IP that keeps returning to vandalize. Enigmaman 06:37, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Category:ase:English derivations → Category:ase:English initializations
It bothers me that this category, while fine for spoken languages, does not fit well for sign languages, since there are more ways than one for a sign to be derived from another language. Initialization is the specific act of taking the initial letter in a given language (almost exclusively English for ASL) to form the handsign for the sign. I consider this to be separate from "loan words" like, and as such they should be in a more specific category. It may be more consistent with other languages to create this as a subcategory and move all the pages in the original (much fewer than there should be) into the new one, but I think all words either belong in one of the two groups mentioned above, or the group of non-English-derived ASL signs, so that Category:ase:English derivations has no articles in it directly. —Di gama (t • c • w) 05:39, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree. How about we move this conversation to Category talk:ase:English derivations and link to it from Wiktionary talk:About sign languages, or vice-versa?  —Rod (A. Smith) 18:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Done and done. —Di gama (t • c • w) 03:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Getting the bot up and running
I thought you might want to weigh in on the vote. It pertains to the bot I referenced in our discussion. —Di gama (t • c • w) 04:57, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Votes/2009-12/Proposed CFI exception for SI Units
In light of your participation in Beer parlour archive/2009/September, please contribute your thoughts to Votes/2009-12/Proposed CFI exception for SI Units. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

another ase entry, and some ramblings about dimensionality
I've tried my hand at another ase entry, B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDownUlnarAside-B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDownUlnarAside B@SideChesthigh-PalmDownUlnarAside-B@SideChesthigh-PalmDownUlnarAside. Note that there's no gloss. Please tweak in any other way needed, too.

About the pagename ("PalmDownUlnarAside"): Note that orientation of a three-dimensional asymmetric object in space requires the specification of two directions. For example, I can say my hand has its palm up, but you won't know which way the fingers are pointing (forward? right? left?); or I can say the fingers are point forward but you wont know which way the hand is rotated (palm left? up? down?). Once I specify the palm is down, as for this entry, I then have to add one more bit of information. That can be done by saying RadialAcross, or UlnarAside, or TipForward, or BaseBack. Or I can start differently and specify that the thumb is medial (RadialAcross), which would then leave me one more bit of info to add: either PalmDown, or BaseBack, or TipForward, or BackUp. Other possible pairs of specifications also exist, of course, such as BaseBackBackUp. My point is that there are lots of WT:ASGN-meeting ways of specify the same orientation in a pagename, which means that either (a) one way should be specified, and all entries should match it or (b) there should be lots of redirects. Either way, WT:ASGN should mention this issue and how to deal with it. What do you think? — msh210 ℠ 20:28, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I recognized that the distinction made by Liddell and Johnson between "facing" and "orientation" is phonologically important in some signs, but in order to keep page names from running too long, I introduced some shortcuts in the naming system based on the observation that common patterns in hand orientation of the hands make it rarely necessary to specify more than one facing/orientation feature. When a hand is below the shoulders, the elbows are typically at the sides and the natural hand orientation is with the tip pointing forward, the palm oriented to face toward the center. When the hand is higher, the elbows are typically below the hands and the natural hand orientation (still with the palm facing the center) has the tip pointing upward.  When the hands are facing or orientated other from than the natural default, only a single change to that default is typically needed to specify the hand facing/orientation.  In your example, the hands are below the shoulders, so the default is for the tip to point forward, palms toward the center.  If we specify PalmDown as a deviation from that natural orientation, it can be assumed that the tip is still pointing forward.

 * In general, if a sign requires pointing in a particular direction (other than forward for postures below the shoulders or other than upward for higher postures), I just specify the hand part that points and the direction it points. Otherwise, I specify the direction the palm is facing if it is not facing toward the center.  It seems that only a very small percentage of signs require anything more detailed for facing/orientation.  Since facing/orientation is the last component of a posture, the index-based browsing will locate a sought sign without any facing/orientation redirects.  I realize that relying on such assumptions is a bit of a complication, but it's the best English-language-based naming system I could come up with.  Quite open to refinement, though.  —Rod (A. Smith) 21:09, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Your point that, when only one change to the default is present, only it need be specified is a good one, and one that I didn't see articulated at WT:ASGN. Do you think it ought to be added there, along with an explanation of what the defaults are? the entry I just made then should be at B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown B@SideChesthigh-PalmDown-B@SideChesthigh-PalmDown, right? The index-based browsing's finding the other pagenames is a good point too, though in cases where there truly are at least two equally good pagenames perhaps redirects are still in order. — msh210 ℠ 22:16, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, WT:ASGN should better articulate the strategy for naming facing/orientation based on defaults. Your new entry pagename seems right.  Redirects from equally plausible pagenames seem helpful, but hopefully a well-articulated naming strategy will minimize the number of those redirects.  —Rod (A. Smith) 23:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Hi. We use IPA in ===Pronunciation=== sections. You can add harakat like this, instead. --Vahagn Petrosyan 18:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Hmm. In Korean entries, we use the Korean equivalent of harakat in pronunciations sections.  It is, literally, a pronunciation of the word, so it does seem to belong in the Pronunciation section.  IPA is not the only way we transcribe pronunciations in the pronunciation section.  We also use SAMPA and several ad-hoc pronunciation systems.  Is there some guiding policy beyond WT:PRON and About Persian?  —Rod (A. Smith) 00:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

 * No, there is no formal rule specifically prohibiting harakat under ===Pronunciation===, but it is our de facto policy to show harakat in the inflection line using the head= parameter. Why would you want to spend an additional line for this information? --Vahagn Petrosyan 00:51, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Because we should eventually include literary, colloquial, and regional pronunciations in each entry, which won't all fit in the entry headword/inflection line. Also, to help users and search engines locate our entries, and to help readers who are familiar with a particular transcription system, each entry should include IPA, harakat, UniPers, and BGN for each pronunciation.  —Rod (A. Smith) 01:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

수리남
Shouldn't this be listed as a country, not a city? ---> Tooironic 14:45, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Indeed. Fixed.  —Rod (A. Smith) 07:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Votes/2010-04/Voting policy
I urge you to vote. (I don't know which way you'll vote, but I want more voices, especially English Wiktionarians' voices, heard in this vote.) If you've voted already, or stated that you won't, and I missed it, I apologize. —msh210℠ 17:00, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the notice, msh, but I missed the vote. For what it's worth, I probably would have voted in support based on the analogy of contributor-hood with citizenship for national votes. —Rod (A. Smith) 03:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Sign Language Videos and Barriers to Entry
I heard you've thought about ASL video, and I see you've done a lot of work on the sign language policy. I'm a multimedia programmer, and a friend of mine is an ASL interpreter. We're thinking about getting more videos into the ASL definition pages, and also getting more ASL definition pages generally. We think the best way to make this happen is to minimize the barrier to entry, so that an average ASL speaker or even student could contribute an entry. We intend to work with our local deaf community and universities.

We don't think these participants can realistically be required to write entry names and headword lines in the form currently specified. I agree that the movement encoding is valuable, but for this "crowdsourcing" to work, it can't be mandatory, in the same way that you wouldn't delete an English entry for lacking an IPA pronunciation guide.

I think the logical way forward is to (1) allow glosses like "PLEASE_(ASL)" to serve as redirects and disambiguation pages, and (2) allow stub-entries to be named and labeled by gloss alone. Stubs, to reach completion, should be upgraded with full headwords and moved, leaving the gloss as a redirect. My hope is to allow amateurs to put up a simple page like User:Bemasc/BOOK_(ASL), which was deleted when I posted it at BOOK_(ASL).

What do you think? Bemasc 02:28, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * If I may butt in here, I like the idea of (2): make many entries, post them somewhere (see further on), and someone who can should move it to a good title. Even without (1), this will aid contribution. That said, I'm not so sure about (1): if we do it, perhaps it should be in a dedicated namespace Sign Gloss or some such, used only for temporary entries, disambiguation pages, and redirects, as you (Bemasc) suggest. —msh210℠ (talk) 16:31, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Yes, it should be easy for contributors who don't know the sign language entry naming scheme. Sorry your entry was deleted, but I expect it would be difficult to get admins here to warm up to the idea of using temporary page titles in the main namespace.  We could follow msh210's suggestion of using another namespace, or use Requested entries (American Sign Language) for temporary entries (even for temporary entries with lots of detail but whose proper page title isn't yet determined).  I'd support either approach.  —Rod (A. Smith) 20:12, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

 * I very much like msh2010's idea of a gloss namespace. I think that would allow novice users to produce complete standalone definition pages with videos, without having to edit any other pages.  "Sign Gloss" seems like a fine prefix to me; a page like "Sign Gloss:BOOK" could contain several sections for different sign languages.  I do wonder about the amount of work required to populate the namespace with links to all the existing sign language definitions, and then keep them synchronized ... if indeed that's desirable.  Anyway, unless there's a need for further approval, we'll plan to move forward using the namespace approach for now. Bemasc 18:41, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There is such need. A real namespace (which the software running the Web site recognizes as a namespace) has to be made such by those who can (no one at enwikt can: we need to apply to those with access to the software), and they'll only do it if they see that enwikt supports it, so we need to bring the issue to the Beer parlour. OTOH a so-called pseudo-namespace, where the page [[Sign gloss:FOO]] (or [[Sign Gloss:FOO]]) is actually in the main namespace, leave a lot of redirects and pages in the main namespace that don't meet our policies on redirects and entries, so also need approval (actually, a vote). —msh210℠ (talk) 15:17, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I started a thread in the beer parlour. Bemasc 19:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Old vote on lemma entries
About the vote Votes/2007-11/Lemma entries 2, do you intend to get it started at some future point? If not, would you withdraw the vote, so I could remove it from WT:Votes? --Dan Polansky 18:58, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you. I have left a note in the vote stating that it can be considered withdrawn; revert me if this is not okay with you. --Dan Polansky 05:52, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you for tidying up. :-)  —Rod (A. Smith) 16:37, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Inflection templates - poll 3
You have voiced your opinion in some of the polls about renaming of categories for what was previously called "inflection templates", templates that are planned to be newly called "headword templates" or "headword-line templates" in the name of their category. I would like to hear your preference in the poll number 3, whatever your preference is, if you would be so kind: WT:BP. Thank you for your input and attention. --Dan Polansky 10:09, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

WT:RFDO
You input would be helpful. Thanks. —msh210℠ (talk) 15:20, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Demonyms
Do you know any authoritative online link that explains that demonyms are not proper nouns (but are capitalized anyway)? I saw the note to that effect that you added to the definition, and I was so surprised to learn that they are common nouns. I have sought further reading about it online, with no success. Thank you. O'Dea (talk) 00:37, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Butting in: a proper noun usually refers to a single specific thing, like "Eiffel Tower". A demonym is just an everyday thing that can be pluralised — an Englishman, two Englishmen — despite the English convention (fairly unusual in other languages, I think) of capitalising it. Equinox ◑ 00:41, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Yes, Equinox, I know that Julia and Germany and Microsoft are proper nouns, but I assumed a "German" was also a proper noun, deriving its condition from "Germany". It seems I was wrong, but it turns me upside-down to learn it. O'Dea (talk) 00:46, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

 * We could probably find something authoritative, but just consulting our definition of proper noun:, it's clear that demonyms are not proper nouns because a demonym like "German" refers to any member of a group of people as opposed to naming a particular person. Note that you can qualify common nouns like "cat" or "German" with determiners and regular adjective phrases like "the second...", or "any juvenile...". —Rod (A. Smith) 05:33, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

RFV on Esperanto for as a particle
Your addition of a particle definition to the Esperanto for article has received a request for verification. Can you supply citations to back it up? ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 12:35, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

CU
Just letting you know about [[Wiktionary:Beer parlour/2014/March]]. —msh210℠ (talk) 18:12, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Removal of CheckUser
Hello. As this account has been inactive for over a year, per the global CheckUser policy I have removed your CheckUser rights. Thank you for your past contributions to Wikimedia! --Rschen7754 21:26, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Question about template
Template:compactTOC-ase It seems like you made this and have a kind of alphabetical order for sign language gestures. Did you create this order arbitrarily or is it standardized somewhere and you adapted it here? If you respond on your talk, please use Template:ping so I'm notified. Thanks and happy new year! —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:52, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Linking Email to Account
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title: User talk:Rodasmith


text:
terza rima

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  An arrangement of triplets, generally in iambic pentameter in English, with rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc.

Translations

 * Belarusian: тэрцы́на
 * Bulgarian: терцина
 * Czech: tercína
 * Danish: terzine
 * Estonian: tertsiin
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: טֶרצִינַה
 * Hungarian: tercina
 * Italian: terza rima
 * Japanese: テルツァ・リーマ,
 * Norwegian: tersin
 * Polish: tercyna
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: tercína, tercet
 * Spanish: terceto encadenado
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: терци́на
 * West Flemish: têrzyne

Etymology
lit. 'third rhyme'.

Noun

 * 1)   arrangement of triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: terza rima


text:
自転車

Etymology 1
Coined in Japan in 1870 in the Meiji period in reference to a patented tricycle design. Later used to refer to bicycles.

Compound of 🇨🇬-derived elements.

Noun

 * 1) a bicycle

Synonyms

 * : a bicycle with extra baskets for groceries and children, generally ridden by young mothers
 * : a bicycle with extra baskets for groceries and children, generally ridden by young mothers
 * : a bicycle with extra baskets for groceries and children, generally ridden by young mothers

Derived terms

 * bicycle crossing
 * : a bicycle competition (race)
 * : a bicycle race
 * : “bicycle operations” → a business model that requires regular infusions of external capital to remain viable (similar to riding a bicycle, as halting operations means immediate bankruptcy, much as stopping pedaling causes a bicycle rider to fall over)
 * : a bike shop, a bicycle store
 * : a bicycle trip, bike touring

Noun

 * 1)  bicycle

title: 自転車


text:
Template talk:trans

What links here is empty now, but rumour has it that this function is unreliable. (?) — Vildricianus 09:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Keep as this is constantly reused by visitors from other language Wiktionaries, and periodically cleared out. --Connel MacKenzie T C 11:33, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I see. I've reinstated it. — Vildricianus 12:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

This template is being kept for limited use only. Eclecticology 07:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

title: Template talk:trans


text: じてんしゃ

title: じてんしゃ


text: jitensha

title: jitensha


text: うちゅう

title: うちゅう


text:
telestic

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to religious mysteries.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to a hierophant.
 * 3) Mystical.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to a hierophant.
 * 2) Mystical.

title: telestic


text: uchū

title: uchū


text:
万里の長城

Etymology
,

Proper noun

 * 1) the Great Wall of China

title: 万里の長城


text: ばんりのちょうじょう

title: ばんりのちょうじょう


text: Banri no Chōjō

title: Banri no Chōjō


text:
わたし

Pronoun

 * 1)  I; first person pronoun

title: わたし


text: benkyō

title: benkyō


text:
警察官

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) policeman, police officer

title: 警察官


text: けいさつかん

title: けいさつかん


text: keisatsukan

title: keisatsukan


text: にほん

title: にほん


text:
Nihon

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Japan.

title: Nihon


text: reigns

title: reigns


text:
rains

Noun

 * 1) A rainy season; monsoon
 * The rains came early this year.

Translations

 * Slovene: deževje
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:, వర్షాలు

title: rains


text:
Teiidae

Hypernyms

 * ; - order

Hyponyms

 * ,, , , , Dracaena, , , - genera

title: Teiidae


text:
Scincomorpha

Hyponyms

 * ,, , , , , , - families

title: Scincomorpha


text:
Talk:nesh

Locality
I've broadened out the locality, as I'm from near Manchester and knew it as a boy, while I know people from Sheffield who also knew it. The article already included the North West Midlands, the East Midlands and parts of Derbyshire. --Grutter 10:03, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It’s one of my dad’s favourite words and he’s from Staffordshire but other than within our family I never heard it used in Birmingham or Warwickshire and I worked with someone originally from Jarrow who was confused when I tried to use it in a conversation with her, I can also find no online evidence that it’s used in the North East either. Overlordnat1 (talk) 07:21, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Verb: to brew?
My mother (from Derbyshire, UK) used to talk about letting a pot of tea "nesh" before serving it (i.e. brew? settle?) — or so my father once said. I haven't seen it any dictionary. Equinox ◑ 22:22, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

title: Talk:nesh


text:
User:Grutter~enwiktionary

See my user page on Wikipedia!

title: User:Grutter~enwiktionary


text:
femtioelva

Adjective

 * 1) umpteen; of a large but unspecified number

title: femtioelva


text:
caiman lizard

Noun

 * 1) Any semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America

title: caiman lizard


text:
uwatedashinage

Etymology
Borrowed from, literally "pulling overarm throw".

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent forward and down.

title: uwatedashinage


text:
uwatehineri

Etymology
Borrowed from, literally "twisting overarm throw".

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker twists his opponent in the direction of his outside arm.

title: uwatehineri


text:
uwatenage

Noun

 * 1)  a kimarite in which the attacker heaves his opponent down as he turns away

title: uwatenage


text:
waridashi

Etymology
Borrowed from, literally "upper-arm force out".

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the biceps and pushes him back and out.

title: waridashi


text:
watashikomi

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over.

title: watashikomi


text:
yaguranage

Etymology
Borrowed from, meaning inner thigh throw.

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, places his knee against his opponent's inner thigh and drives the leg upwards while forcing him over.

title: yaguranage


text:
yobimodoshi

Etymology
Borrowed from, literally pulling body slam.

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker first pulls his opponent forward, then suddenly releases his grip and pushes him back and down.

title: yobimodoshi


text:
yorikiri

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out backwards while maintaining a constant grip on his mawashi.

title: yorikiri


text:
yoritaoshi

Etymology
Borrowed from, literally "frontal crush out".

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which, during a yorikiri attack, the opponent collapses to the floor.

title: yoritaoshi


text:
zubuneri

Etymology
Borrowed from, meaning "head pivot throw".

Noun

 * 1)  A kimarite in which the attacker buries his head in the opponent's chest, locks his arm, and spins him down using the head as fulcrum.

title: zubuneri


text: -agog

title: -agog


text:
-agogue

Etymology
From, from.

Suffix

 * 1) Something that leads to something else, as:
 * 2)  Something that stimulates a  such as  or.
 * 3) Someone who leads others.

Translations

 * Hungarian: -agóg, -agóga

 * French:
 * Portuguese: -agogo

title: -agogue


text:
-amine

Suffix

 * 1)  An amine.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: -amine
 * German: -amin
 * Hindi: -तिक्ती
 * Hungarian: -amin
 * Welsh: -amin

Suffix

 * 1)  -amine

title: -amine


text:
-ance

Etymology
From, , from and continental , from ,.

Usage notes

 * Many words ending in "-ance" were formed in French or by alteration of a noun or adjective ending in "-ant".

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * French:
 * Old French: -ance
 * Friulian: -ance
 * Hungarian: /, /, /
 * Italian: -anza
 * Middle English: -aunce, -ing
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: -ение
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Venetian: -ansa

Etymology
From, from and. Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬.

Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * 1)  (suffixed used to form nouns)

Etymology
Inherited from,.

Suffix

 * 1)  (suffixed used to form nouns)

Etymology
From, from and continental , from ,.

title: -ance


text:
-ancy

Etymology
From, , with influence from 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.

Translations

 * French:, -ancie
 * Portuguese:

title: -ancy


text:
Talk:लड़का

This page name title should be लड़का (the correct Hindi word for 'boy') instead of लडका (no such word). Thanks. Sangwal 12:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Fixed. —Stephen 01:16, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

title: Talk:लड़का


text:
User talk:Sangwal~enwiktionary

Hello. You can use the "move" function to move a word to its correct spelling. SemperBlotto 12:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

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text:
-androus

Suffix

 * 1)  having a specified number of stamens
 * 2) having the specified number of husbands

title: -androus


text:
-andry

Etymology
From three inextricable sources:
 * the, forming abstract nouns of quality or condition from ;
 * (andr-: the stem of ) + 🇨🇬 (suffix forming abstract nouns of quality or condition); and,
 * the -andry element of ..

Suffix

 * 1) male mate(s), husband(s)
 * 2) man, men; male(s)
 * 3) male reproductive organ(s); : stamen(s)
 * 1) man, men; male(s)
 * 2) male reproductive organ(s); : stamen(s)
 * 1) male reproductive organ(s); : stamen(s)
 * 1) male reproductive organ(s); : stamen(s)
 * 1) male reproductive organ(s); : stamen(s)

Translations

 * French: -andrie
 * Portuguese: -andria

 * French: -andrie
 * Portuguese: -andria

 * French: -andrie
 * Portuguese: -andria

title: -andry


text:
-ant

Etymology
From, , partly from , from ; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing , a variant of , , from , see.

Suffix

 * 1)  The agent noun derived from verb.
 * serve → servant
 * 1) An adjective corresponding to a noun in, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".
 * 2) An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
 * ascend → ascendant
 * err → errant.
 * blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant
 * blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant

Usage notes

 * Many words in -ant were not actually coined in English but rather borrowed directly from Old French, Middle French or Modern French.

Etymology
, from,. Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, ,.

Suffix

 * 1) -ing;

Suffix

 * , -ing;

Suffix

 * 1) -er;

Usage notes

 * French present participles are used, chiefly in literary style, to replace relative clauses. In this case they are not inflected for number and gender:, equivalent to.
 * Some present participles can also be used as actual adjectives. In this case they are inflected: . This adjectival use is lexicalised, however, which means that it is common only for certain participles, not all (unlike English).

Etymology
From, from ; and also directly from ,.

Usage notes

 * This ending is semi-, see e.g.,.
 * This ending rarely also occurs in the neuter gender, see e.g..

Related terms

 * rare, unproductive synonym from the same source

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * Variants:
 *  is added to back-vowel words
 *  is added to front-vowel words

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From,.

Etymology
, from, from ,.

Etymology 1
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * , -tion, -ment

title: -ant


text:
reinstate

Verb

 * 1)  To restore to a former position or rank.
 * 2)  To bring back into use or existence; resurrect.
 * 1)  To bring back into use or existence; resurrect.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: opnieuw aanstellen
 * Finnish: palauttaa virkaan
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: wieder einsetzen, wieder einstellen
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjeninnsette
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: reinstaurar

 * Finnish: ottaa takaisin käyttöön
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian: újból beiktat,
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese: reestabelecer,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

title: reinstate


text:
ragtime

Etymology
Likely from, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation, or from , an American dialect term for a dance ball.

Noun

 * 1)  A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
 * 2)  A piece of music in this style.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 拉格泰姆
 * Esperanto: ragtimo
 * Japanese: ラグタイム
 * Russian:

Etymology
.

title: ragtime


text:
野兎

Etymology 1
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1) a hare

Etymology 2
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading yětù, 🇨🇬 iá-thò.

The character is the traditional variant of modern Japanese.

Noun

 * 1) a hare

title: 野兎


text:
Talk:juju

The phrase "such an object" or "such a charm" is referring back to a previously mentioned object or charm. Therefore the definition with that phrase must come after the definition for the object or charm. Jonathan Webley 13:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

title: Talk:juju


text:
나누다

Verb

 * 1) to divide (into pieces); to split up
 * 2)  to divide
 * 3) to share
 * 1) to share

title: 나누다


text:
bat for the other team

Etymology
From cricket or baseball, in print c. 1990.

Verb

 * 1)  To be homosexual.

title: bat for the other team


text:
Template talk:wotd

untitled
It would make much more sense to link to past WotDs rather than future ones. Ncik 14:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've decided to make this template link to the cumulative index of past WOTDs instead of future ones. Since this is on the Main Page, we get a lot of people who are casual visitors or newbie users, so they probably shouldn't be directed to the queue of (ostensibly approved) future entries, only to the nominations page. More experienced users can get to the actual queue easily enough without needing a link on the Main Page... - dcljr 18:35, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Audio?

 * Moved to WT:GP. — Vildricianus 09:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit link
I've been bold with correcting the edit link to a) edit the entry and b) drive off a 4th parameter. This is one case where we should consider using named variables, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

A possible "enhancement" would be to have call  and let  be stuffed in that way. But I'm sure many people would consider that complicated (even though the end result would be simpler, not requiring the "from" page at all.)  --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:12, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Um, the edit link didn't work, so I tried to correct it. Did I mess things up? — Vildricianus 17:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The edit link worked when I tried it. Perhaps it really does need  to be subst:'ed?  --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I guess my question is: where didn't the edit link work? It works from the main page and from the individual templates.  --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:25, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, I'm leaving this alone for now. --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:29, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Gah! How did it break now?  --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:32, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I see now.  has to be used, as MediaWiki template parser is broken, and cannot distinguish the pipe character correctly within the magic words "fullurl", "fullurle", "localurl", nor "localurle".  --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:38, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Whew. :-) But did you consider what I mentioned in the BP about potential vandalism? — Vildricianus 17:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Absolutely. I think we should have 31 days of "main page WOTDs" that are semi-protected, and let those inclined do the maintenance of cycling through them.  --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Sounds like bot work to me. (Wow, a bot that has sysop rights?) — Vildricianus 17:59, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Just to change topics: it is perfectly acceptable for a sysop to use a 'bot to perform edits: it is not acceptable to identify an account as both a sysop and a bot flag at the same time. Having the 'bot flag set only hides the plethora of edits from Special:Recentchanges.  Many people use bots to edit (such as the infamous Eddie Segoura) but because they are not tagged as 'bots, their edits simply appear as if they were normal human edits.  The 'bot flag does not even affect throttling rates (although in my opinion, it should.)  Humans should not be allowed to make more than 2 or 3 edits per minute, as more than that is an indication of vandalism in progress.  This is even more important for brand-new (unconfirmed) users.  The CAPTCHA images are helpful for this situation, currently, but could be improved.

 * The reason for having them recycle is to make the process error free, when the WOTD concept falls into disuse and new entries are no longer cycled in. This effort has had four false-starts in the time I've been here on Wiktionary.  Given that track record, I think we need such a safety mechanism, since it is on Main Page.  --Connel MacKenzie T C 18:55, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protection
What happened to all WOTDs being semi-protected? I've lost where that conversation was, and today's got vandalized. I've not gone through all of this month's, not next. If someone could... --Connel MacKenzie T C 16:23, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * So I'm really supposed to do everything, huh? :-) The June ones weren't even created as I was doing the first ones. Could someone else please keep an eye on this, too, for instance the one creating the pages? Ok, I'll do the upcoming ones now. — Vildricianus 16:46, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. Listed at Word of the day/Recycled pages which are and which aren't. — Vildricianus 22:34, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

2 little problems with this template

 * The article name argument doesn't allow for minor differences between basic-looking article titles and nice-looking headwords. This means curly apostrophes cannot be used unless the article name itself uses the curly apostrophe. Elsewhere in Wiktionary we use pipelinks to display the curly apostrophe.
 * Optional diacritcs and vowels are shown in headwords but not in article titles. Pipelinks are the solution here too though this is unlikely to be a problem with English words of the day since only languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, Old English, and Turkish are affected. — Hippietrail 13:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding category
To further clear out what is what, I'm adding a category to this template, so that this category can also be excluded from Request pages. --Connel MacKenzie 23:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Redoing this
I'm going to just overhaul this. Process:

 * 1) Copy to Template:wotd2 done
 * 2) Rework wotd2 done
 * 3) run bot to have entries use wotd2 with extra parameters done
 * 4) pick up bot-missed stragglers manually done
 * 5) move back to Template:wotd done
 * 6) run bot again to call wotd instead of wotd2

--Connel MacKenzie 02:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC) --Connel MacKenzie 07:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC) --Connel MacKenzie 21:52, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

title: Template talk:wotd


text:
User talk:Somepalli~enwiktionary

Welcome to Wiktionary, Somepalli! __చదువరి 14:08, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

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title: User talk:Somepalli~enwiktionary


text:
group marriage

Noun

 * 1) A form of polygynous, polyandrous marriage in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: qrup nigahı
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: gruppeægteskab
 * Finnish: ryhmäavioliitto
 * German: Gruppenehe,
 * Irish: buíonphósadh
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: группово́й брак
 * Spanish: matrimonio grupal
 * Swedish: gruppäktenskap

title: group marriage


text:
gant

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Etymology
, from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) glove

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬 (modern ).

Noun

 * 1) common tern
 * 2) gannet, solan goose

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  glove

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) glove

title: gant


text:
ensue

Etymology
From ensu-, stem of some conjugated forms of  (French ), from, from , from  (see ) +  (see ).

Verb

 * 1)  To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
 * 2)  To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.
 * 3)  To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
 * Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.
 * 1)  To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
 * Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.
 * Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:succeed
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:succeed

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: følge
 * Dutch: erop volgen, daarop volgen
 * Esperanto:, sekvi
 * Finnish:, olla seurauksena
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: გაყოლა
 * German:, , , , , sich ergeben, sich einstellen, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: etterfølge
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, seguir-se
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: bli följden
 * Turkish: ardından gelmek,, , sonradan gelmek, sonucu olmak,
 * Vietnamese: theo sau

title: ensue


text:
coveted

Adjective

 * 1) Highly sought-after.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 人人向往的, 令人垂涎的, 大受追捧的
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,

title: coveted


text:
contraption

Etymology
Possibly a Western US English dialectal word of origin. Perhaps from +  +, while also possibly approximating. Chambers suggests +. Neither Chambers nor Concise Oxford suggests a US origin. Compare, (Scots dialect), a wilful piece of trickery.

Noun

 * 1) A machine that is complicated and precarious.
 * 2)  Any object.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: calimbornio
 * German: neumodischer Apparat, irres Gerät, seltsame Vorrichtung,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: κατασκεύασμα
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: autaia
 * Occitan: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: сокоћало
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: calimbornio
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ferro vecchio, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

 * Icelandic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,

title: contraption


text:
classmate

Etymology
🇰🇲

Noun

 * 1) A student who is in the same class at school.
 * 2)  A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.
 * 1)  A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.
 * 1)  A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: زَمِيل دِرَاسَة, رَفِيق صَفّ
 * Armenian:,  ,
 * Azerbaijani: sinif yoldaşı
 * Belarusian: аднакла́снік, аднакла́сніца
 * Bulgarian:, съучени́чка
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 同學
 * Hakka: 同學, 同窗
 * Hokkien: 同學, 同窗
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , , medeleerlinge
 * Estonian: klassikaaslane
 * Finnish:, luokkatoveri,
 * French:, camarade de
 * Georgian: კლასელი, თანაკლასელი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: compagno di classe, compagna di classe
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kazakh: сабақтас, сыныптас, кластас
 * Khmer: មិត្តរួមជំនាន់
 * Korean: 동급생(同級生),, 반 친구, 클래스메이트
 * Kyrgyz: классташ, сабакташ
 * Lao: ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມຊັ້ນ
 * Latvian: klasesbiedrs, klasesbiedre, klasesbiedrene
 * Lithuanian: bendraklasis, bendraklasė
 * Macedonian: соученик, соученичка
 * Malay: rakan sekelas
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klassekamerat
 * Pashto: همصنف, هم صنفي, ټولګيوال
 * Persian:, همکلاسی, همدرس
 * Polish: kolega z klasy, koleżanka z klasy
 * Portuguese: colega de classe
 * Russian:, , , , ,  , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: су̀ученӣк, су̀ученица
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: spolužiak, spolužiačka
 * Slovene:, sošolka
 * Spanish: compañero de clase, compañera de clase
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kaklase
 * Tajik: ҳамсинф, шарикдарс, ҳамдарс
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: เพื่อนร่วมชั้น
 * Tibetan: སློབ་གྲོགས
 * Turkish: sınıf arkadaşı, sınıftaş
 * Turkmen: klasdaş
 * Ukrainian: однокла́сник, однокла́сниця
 * Urdu: ہَم جَماعَت
 * Uyghur:
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: bạn cùng lớp

title: classmate


text:
carpool

Noun

 * 1) An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.
 * 2) The group of people who participate in such a pool.
 * 1) The group of people who participate in such a pool.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: kimppakyyti
 * French:
 * Georgian: ერთობლივი მგზავრობა
 * German:
 * Hungarian: telekocsi
 * Italian: auto di gruppo, carpooling
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: sopotništvo
 * Swedish: bilpool

 * German:

Verb

 * 1) To travel together in such a pool.

Translations

 * Finnish: mennä kimppakyydillä
 * French: faire du covoiturage
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: maghinakay

title: carpool


text:
burly

Etymology 1
From, , , , , , of uncertain origin. Cognate with 🇨🇬,. Perhaps from, equivalent to ; or from , from , cognate with 🇨🇬, , related to 🇨🇬. See.

Adjective

 * 1)  Large, well-built, and muscular.
 * 2)  Great, amazing, unbelievable.
 * 3)  Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
 * 1)  Great, amazing, unbelievable.
 * 2)  Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
 * 1)  Great, amazing, unbelievable.
 * 2)  Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
 * 1)  Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
 * 1)  Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: apersonat,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: mazallı
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: fortika
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: þrekvaxinn
 * Irish: alpartha, téagartha
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: pūngerungeru, takapū
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, grandão
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tapaidh, tomadach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , ,

Adjective

 * 1) Full of burls or knots; knotty.

title: burly


text:
take to the streets

Verb

 * 1)  To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
 * 2)  To rampage or riot.
 * 1)  To rampage or riot.

title: take to the streets


text: whooping

title: whooping


text:
dreamboat

Etymology
From, probably suggesting a person “carrying” or embodying the dreams of another; the term appeared in some 1930s and 1940s love songs, referring to a metaphorical boat carrying a lover’s dreams, such as “When My Dream Boat Comes Home” (1936) written by the Canadian-American bandleader (1902–1977) and “Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat” (1941) by the American songwriters Otis (1898–1970) and  (1902–1982), and Emerson Scott.

Noun

 * 1)  An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.
 * 2)  Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.
 * 1)  Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.
 * 1)  Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.
 * 1)  Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 夢中情人, 夢中人
 * French:, , , femme de (mes/tes/...) rêve(s), homme de (mes/tes/...) rêve(s),
 * German:
 * Japanese: ドリームボート
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

title: dreamboat


text:
slush

Etymology
Most likely imitative; related to.

Noun

 * 1) Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
 * As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.
 * 1) Liquid mud or mire.
 * 2) Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.
 * 3) A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
 * 4) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
 * 5)  A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
 * 6)  Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

Translations

 * Basque: elur urtu
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: břečka, čvachtanice
 * Dutch:, smeltende sneeuw
 * Estonian: lörts
 * Faroese: krapi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, neige fondue,
 * Galician: zoldra
 * German:
 * Greek: λασπόχιονο
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: slabb,
 * Ingrian: hyymä
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sørpe
 * Nynorsk: sørpe, slaps, slafs, slufs
 * Portuguese: lama de neve
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , снегова́я ка́ша,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бљу̏згавица
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: nivarra
 * Slovak: čľapkanica
 * Spanish: nieve fangasa, nieve a medio derretir, nieve semiderretida
 * Swedish:, snöglopp, ,
 * Turkish: karsık
 * Ukrainian: сльота
 * Welsh: slwtsh

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: рядка кал
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: břečka
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Irish: lathach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: pliurza
 * Maori: ōi
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Turkish:, , mırç

 * Arabic: سلاش
 * Czech: ledová tříšť
 * Finnish: jäähilejuoma
 * French: ,
 * German: Slush, Slusheis, Slush Eis
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 슬러시
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: слаш
 * Slovak: ľadová triešť
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1) To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
 * 2) To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
 * 3) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
 * 1) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) slush icy drink

Etymology
Borrowed from

Noun

 * 1)  slush half-melted snow or ice
 * 2)  slush icy drink
 * 1)  slush icy drink

title: slush


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showbiz

Etymology
, or.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) showbusiness

Etymology
.

Etymology
.

title: showbiz


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Wiktionary talk:Requested entries (Catalan)

is there a way to pick up catalan words and put them here? I mean not one by one

 * You can cut and paste as many at a time as you would like. Just format it like this please:
 * ==A==
 * :aa
 * :ab
 * :ac
 * You can include the gender of nouns if you know them, and any comments, insights or suggestions, after the word, separated by --
 * — Hippietrail 21:29, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

i'll start the entries, ty again hippietrail. I hope you improve them. We must begin with Spanish, lots of work. Or is better that I leave here comments without doing entries? what's easier to correct?--62.175.97.149 19:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)


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rsvp

Usage notes
Generally one rsvps to invitations and rsvps for events, as in the example sentences provided. An RSVP regrets only means that the sender will assume the invited people will come unless they reply.

Etymology
Initialism of.

Verb

 * 1)  Please reply

title: rsvp


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santalic

Adjective

 * of, or relating to sandalwood

title: santalic


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santalic acid

Noun

 * 1) a red, crystalline dye, of uncertain composition, obtained from sandalwood

title: santalic acid


text:
santalin

Noun

 * 1) The red dye, otherwise known as santalic acid, derived from the plant.

title: santalin


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probate

Etymology
From, from , past participle of ; see ,.

Noun

 * 1)  The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
 * 2)  A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
 * 3)  Proof.
 * 1)  Proof.
 * 1)  Proof.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: легализиране
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遺囑檢驗, 遺囑認證
 * Finnish: testamentin vahvistaminen
 * German: Testamantseröffnung
 * Hungarian: hagyatéki eljárás, örökösödési eljárás, végrendelet bírói hitelesítése/megerősítése
 * Maori: whakamananga wira, whakamanatanga wira
 * Russian: утвержде́ние завеща́ния

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 經檢驗的遺囑文本
 * Finnish: vahvistettu testamentti
 * German: Testamentsabschrift
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To establish the legality of (a will).

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: vahvistaa testamentti
 * Hungarian: bíróilag megerősít/hitelesít
 * Russian:

title: probate


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santer

Verb

 * 1)  to saunter

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) louder

title: santer


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philharmonic

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.

Translations

 * Catalan: filharmònic
 * Finnish: filharmoninen
 * Georgian: ფილარმონიული
 * German: philharmonisch
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: filarmonico
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: filarmónico

Noun

 * 1)  A full-size symphony orchestra.

Translations

 * Greek:

title: philharmonic


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perfecto

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Perfect, excellent, brilliant.

Noun

 * 1) A large, tapered cigar.
 * 2) * 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 99.
 * 'Well the only thing I can advise,' I said, 'is that you cultivate him assiduously. Waylay him and give him cigars... Tell him it's a fine day. He has a dog named Edward. Seek Edward out and pat him. Many a young man has won over the father of the girl he loves by such tactics, so why not you?'
 * He agreed to do so, and in the days which followed Poskitt could not show his face in the clubhouse without having Wilmot spring out at him with perfectos.
 * 1)  In baseball or bowling, a perfect game.

Etymology
Originally a trade mark (capitalised).

Noun

 * 1) bomber jacket

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) perfect

Etymology
, partially borrowed as a learned term.

Adjective

 * 1) perfect

title: perfecto


text: negligee

title: negligee


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jumpsuit

Etymology
, referring to parachute jumps.

Noun

 * 1) A one-piece item of clothing originally used by parachutists.
 * 2)  A similar item of clothing used for outdoor sports such as skiing.
 * 1)  A similar item of clothing used for outdoor sports such as skiing.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 連體衣, 連身衣
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hyppyhaalari
 * French:
 * German: Jumpsuit, Springeranzug, Springerkombi
 * Italian: tuta da paracadutista
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: комбинезон
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਜੰਪਸੂਟ
 * Spanish:, jumpsuit
 * Welsh:

 * Bulgarian: работен комбинезон
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 連體衣, 連身衣
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:

Etymology
.

title: jumpsuit


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homie

Etymology 1
Earliest known reference is in the 1946 tune by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, "The House of Blue Lights," when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
 * 2)  A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
 * 3)  An inner-city youth.
 * 1)  An inner-city youth.
 * 1)  An inner-city youth.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: colega,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Jamaican Creole: chargie
 * Macedonian: ба́тка
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
Variant spelling of Polari (early-to-mid 20th-century British English cant/slang popular among gay men).

title: homie


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sapid

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) tasty, flavoursome or savoury

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Maori: mōkarakara, mākarakara, makue

Etymology
, from.

Adjective

 * 1) savoury, delicious, tasty

Noun

 * 1) thick or sticky substance left adhering to the mouth of a container while pouring
 * 2) sticking of a thick substance on the mouth of a container
 * 1) sticking of a thick substance on the mouth of a container

title: sapid


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saponin

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.

Translations

 * Catalan: saponina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: saponino
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: сапонин
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: saponina
 * Turkish: saponin

title: saponin


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saucepan

Noun

 * 1)  A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sauspan, kastrol
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: ,
 * Hijazi Arabic: قِدِر
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: কেৰাহী
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: kazola
 * Belarusian: кастру́ля, ро́ндаль
 * Bengali: কড়া
 * Bulgarian: касеро́ла,
 * Carpathian Rusyn: кайстро́на
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 深平底鍋,, 煮鍋
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kasserolle
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kaserolo
 * Estonian: kastrul
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, κατσαρoλάκι
 * Haitian Creole: marmite, kasrol
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सॉस पैन
 * Hungarian:, , nyeles lábas
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: sáspan, scilléad
 * Italian:, , tegamino
 * Japanese:, ソースパン, 片手鍋
 * Kazakh: кәстрөл
 * Korean: 소스 냄비,
 * Kyrgyz: кастрюля, көйрө
 * Ladino: tendjere
 * Latin: cacubus
 * Latvian: kastrolis
 * Lithuanian: puodas
 * Macedonian: тенџере, лонец
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: kazzola
 * Maori: hōpane
 * Norman: sâsse-paine
 * Norwegian: kasserolle,
 * Ottoman Turkish: تنجره
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgeileid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, ,
 * Sicilian: cazzalora
 * Slovak: rajnica, kastról
 * Slovene: kozica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Sylheti: ꠇꠠꠣꠁ
 * Tagalog: kaserola
 * Tajik: дегчаи сирдор
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: sospen
 * Turkish:, saplı tencere
 * Turkmen: piti
 * Ukrainian:, ро́ндель
 * Uzbek: kostryulya, kastryulʼ
 * Vietnamese: cái soong,, cái chảo
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * 1) To cook in a saucepan
 * 2) To hit with a saucepan

title: saucepan


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savings bank

Noun

 * 1) A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: спестовна каса
 * Catalan: caixa d'estalvis
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 儲蓄銀行,
 * Czech: spořitelna
 * Danish: sparekasse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: hoiupank
 * Finnish:
 * French:, banque d'épargne
 * Galician: caixa de aforros
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: banc taisce
 * Japanese: 貯蓄銀行,
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sparebank
 * Nynorsk: sparebank
 * Polish: bank oszczędnościowy
 * Portuguese: caixa económica, caixa econômica
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , сберега́тельная ка́сса,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: штедио́ница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: sporiteľňa
 * Spanish: caja de ahorros
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: simpanang bangko
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: оща́дний банк

title: savings bank


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scampi

Etymology
Borrowed from, plural of.

Noun

 * 1) A Norway lobster.
 * 2)  Any member of a similar species of genus  or similar prawns.

Derived terms

 * shrimp scampi

Etymology
, plural of.

Noun

 * 1) tiger prawn,
 * 2) Norway lobster,
 * 1) Norway lobster,

title: scampi


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bassist

Noun

 * 1) A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: басіст, бас-гітарыст, басістка, бас-гітарыстка
 * Catalan: baixista
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 貝斯手
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბასისტი, ბას-გიტარისტი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: dordóir
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 베이시스트
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: баси́ст, бас-гітарист, баси́стка, бас-гітари́стка

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist.

title: bassist


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IP tracker

Noun

 * 1)  Software that converts an IP address into a hostname and provides location and other information.

title: IP tracker


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scandalize

Etymology 1
From, from. .

Verb

 * 1)  To cause great offense to (someone).
 * 2)  To reproach.
 * 3)  To disgrace.
 * 4)  To libel.
 * 1)  To reproach.
 * 2)  To disgrace.
 * 3)  To libel.

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.

title: scandalize


text:
terminally ill

Adjective

 * 1) Having an incurable condition that will lead to death.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Romanian: bolnav de moarte
 * Spanish:, enfermo terminal

title: terminally ill


text:
uncurable

Etymology
From ; equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1)  incurable

title: uncurable


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scaremonger

Etymology
From 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * 1) Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: паникьор
 * Czech: šiřitel(ka) poplašných zpráv
 * Finnish: pelon lietsoja
 * French:
 * German: Panikmacher, Panikmacherin, Angstmacher,, Angstmacherin
 * Polish: panikarz, panikarka
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: паніке́р, паніке́рка

Verb

 * 1) To spread worrying rumours.

title: scaremonger


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scarlatina

Noun

 * 1)  scarlet fever

title: scarlatina


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scattering

Noun

 * 1) A small quantity of something beeing dispersed (at random points).
 * 2)  The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
 * 3)  The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
 * 1)  The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
 * 2)  The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
 * 1)  The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

Translations

 * German: Verstreuung, Verstreuen, Aufstreuung, Aufstreuen, Ausstreuung, Ausstreuen,, , Streuvorgang

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: rozptyl
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, , , Streuvorgang, Streuprozess
 * Russian:
 * Urdu: بکھراو

title: scattering


text:
scavenge

Etymology
.

Verb

 * 1)  To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
 * 2)  To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
 * 3)  To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
 * 4)  To feed on carrion or refuse.
 * 1)  To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
 * 2)  To feed on carrion or refuse.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: събирам смет
 * Dutch: vuil ophalen
 * French: ramasser les ordures
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: paraketu, hamu, hamuhamu
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Russian:

 * Bulgarian: продухвам
 * Hungarian:, átfúvat
 * Russian:

 * Hungarian: dögöt/hulladékot eszik,, hulladékevő
 * Irish: cart
 * Maori: hamuhamu
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: carroñear

 * Spanish:

title: scavenge


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jump on the bandwagon

Etymology
US 1899. A bandwagon carried the musicians at the head of a parade or at a political rally, beckoning others to follow. When used to refer to politics, jumping on the bandwagon suggests following the crowd for the excitement of the event rather than any firm conviction in its direction or truthfulness. The phrase is first attested in a letter by in 1899:
 * When I once became sure of one majority they rumbled over each other to get aboard the band wagon.

Verb

 * 1)  To profit from a craze; to join a trend.

Translations

 * Danish:, springe på, (med) på vognen
 * Finnish: hypätä kyytiin
 * French: ,
 * German: auf den Zug aufspringen
 * Irish: dul faoi uisce an cheatha
 * Italian: saltare sul carro dei vincitori
 * Norwegian: kaste seg på lasset
 * Portuguese: entrar na onda
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: subirse al carro
 * Swedish: hoppa på tåget

title: jump on the bandwagon


text:
scrape through

Verb

 * 1)  To marginally manage to progress.

Translations

 * Russian: ,
 * Telugu: వెంట్రుకవాసిలో తప్పించుకొను

title: scrape through


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bite one's tongue

Verb

 * 1)  To resist the urge to speak out, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.

Usage notes

 * Often used in the, to admonish someone who has said something unfeeling or harsh:

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: pitää suu kiinni, pitää turpa tukossa
 * German:
 * Greek: δαγκώνω τη γλώσσα μου
 * Italian: mordersi la lingua
 * Maori: whakatōngā
 * Mongolian: амаа татах
 * Norwegian: hvis du ikke har noe hyggelig å si, si ingen ting
 * Polish: gryźć się w język,
 * Russian:, придержа́ть язы́к

title: bite one's tongue


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좆

Etymology
Probably cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  penis, dick, cock

title: 좆