Last word you learned in a foreign language

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I'm having another go at the Irish Duolingo course, after pretty much ignoring it for a year. Good news: my memory for obscure nouns is much better than I expected! Bad news: my memory for even common verbs is much worse than I expected...

Anyway, a word I've re-learned: taitin - "to shine". It's notably because it's also how pleasing and enjoying are expressed: an dtaitníonn mo chulaith leat? - literally "does my suit shine with you?", but actually "does my suit please you?","do you enjoy my suit?"
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neamhspleách. Something along the lines of /nj{vspljQ:x/ (the /j/ should be superscript...). Irish has some wonderful phonotactics sometimes...
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ismagol, flipflops or tsinelas
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Today, I learned the Latin noun trabs, which means "timber or beam" along with its Esperanto descendant trabo meaning pole or beam
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Nudiustertian.
Relating to ereyesterday. That is, one day earlier than hesternal.
I don’t know what word means relating to overmorrow. (One day later than crastinal.)

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Before that it was honorificabilitudinitatibus.
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Tzipornaim - Hebrew

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Salmoneus wrote: 02 May 2020 20:10 It wouldn't surprise me in particular regions, or indeed subcultures, might have their own terms, though. [eg when I were a lad, what wiktionary calls a "cannonball" was just a "bomb" or "bomber"].
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaamos

the Finnish word for the long polar night they receive every winter. i found it because i was curious if Arctic cultures would have a specific term for that, and although this is believed to be ultimately a loan from Norse, i imagine it is perceived as an atomic root in modern Finnish. that said, does anyone know what the -os comes from? maybe its not atomic after all.
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Pabappa wrote: 17 Sep 2021 09:28 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaamos

the Finnish word for the long polar night they receive every winter. i found it because i was curious if Arctic cultures would have a specific term for that, and although this is believed to be ultimately a loan from Norse, i imagine it is perceived as an atomic root in modern Finnish. that said, does anyone know what the -os comes from? maybe its not atomic after all.
What an interesting word. It does seem Finnish has a suffix -os at least.
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ichnofossil = "trace fossil" ; "trackway fossil". It refers to fossilized trackways, tail swashings, or fin-prints in mud or soft earth that get preserved and help scientists today determine locomotive velocities of sea scorpions, duck-billed dinos, brontosaurs & therapods, and even takeoff/landing strategies of pterosaurs. Wowee! (Uff! cracks of agedness showing) (:grc: ἴχνος 'footprint'; 'trace'; 'clue')
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Also, this is related to the word ichneumon, as in ichneumon wasp, and the Ancient Greek name for 'mongoose' (!), which both relentlessly track down their respective prey like mini-Yautja warriors ~ Sweet! ( :grc: ἰχνεύμων ᾽tracker')
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Orkan or Orkaan; a type of violent windstorm on the European continent.
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etiam - latin for also/too. Reminded me of tambien a bit.
Sikatāyām kaṇam lokasya darśasi, svargam phale vanye ca.
See a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower.
Ānantam tava karatalena darasi, nityatām ghaṇṭabhyantare ca.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.
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Portuguese: vez, meaning "time" or "turn" (e.g. Eu vou aqui duas vezes amanhã, "I will go here two times/twice tomorrow")
Esperanto: naĝado, meaning "swimming" (e.g. Naĝado estas bona sporto, "Swimming is a good sport")
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:pol: ciekawostka /t͡ɕɛ.kaˈvɔst.ka/ tidbit, fun fact, interesting detail

a very cute word which i am very happy to have learned. it comes from the diminutive of ciekawość "curiosity", itself from ciekawy adj· "curious, interesting"

i suppose you could say this post in itself and the information i've given is a bit of a... ciekawostka [;)]
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Mimi kikoenai (hard of hearing or deaf in Japanese)

I've been able to watch some Japanese dramas recently, and the one I started with is about a friend group where one of the characters lost his hearing just as they all went off to college. I'm not usually a drama person but the show is really good.
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S'il vous plaît - Please
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:esp: reclamar to claim, demand
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