Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 09/09/2025In Japanese, if something is fickle or very changable, you can say it's 猫の目 (neko no me) or literally "cat's eye(s)". 🐱😾😺😸🙀 193
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Here are a few cute Swahili words that I learnt recently: Pilipili hoho = sweet pepper / bell pepper Takataka = rubbish / trash Pikipiki = motorcycle Lala fofofo = to sleep like a log, to be sound asleep Mahabubu = beloved, darling, lover 071
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 13/04/2025What do French and Spanish words for (wheel) rim have to do with Celtic words for crooked? Find out in this episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast: www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3873 031
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025What do the words marquis, march, margin and marquee have in common? Find out in this Omniglot blog post www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2... 031
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Useful Irish exclamations: Ababú / Ababúna! = Heavens! 020
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The Italian words pasto and pasta look and sound similar, but are they related? Find out in this Omniglot blog post: www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2... 010
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 19/12/2024What links the word epee (a type of sword) with the word spade? Let's find out in this Omniglot blog post. www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2... 020
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 11/12/2024You can be overwhelmed and underwhelmed, but can you just be whelmed? Find out in this Omniglot blog post: www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2... 020
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 03/12/2024The word office comes from the same roots as words such as opera, opulence, opus, copy and even manure. Find out more in this Adventure in Etymology from Radio Omniglot: www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3693 040
Omniglot @omniglot.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Did you know that the words tan, tannin, and Tannenbaum may have Celtic roots? Find out more in this Celtic Pathways podcast from Radio Omniglot: www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3683 020