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1
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ablaut

A

a change in vowel in a verb conjugation

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elide

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omit a vowel when combining words or roots

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Old English

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500-1066 CE

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Middle English

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1066-1500

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Early Modern English

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1500-1800

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Modern English

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1800-present

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1066

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Norman Conquest - England under French rule

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1362

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Statue of Pleading - Made English official

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etymon

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the ancestor of a word

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cognate

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two words that share an ancestor

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Mycenean Greece

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1700-1100 BCE

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12
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Decipherers of Linear B

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Michael Ventris and Alice Kober

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Linear B

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a writing system used in later Mycenean Greece

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Linear A

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the precursor of Linear B

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15
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Linear B usage

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mostly administrative, used for palace affairs

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16
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phoneme

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the smallest unit of sound capable of carrying meaning

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17
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allophone

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differences in the pronunciation of phonemes - “p” in “pit” vs “tip”

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18
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morpheme

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the smallest carrier of meaning

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19
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Grimm’s Law

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describes a series of consonant shifts that distinguish Germanic languages

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20
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Voiceless stops became -

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Voiceless fricatives

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21
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Voiced stops became -

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voiceless stops

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22
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Voiced aspirated stops became -

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voiced stops

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23
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conjugate

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give a verb the appropriate inflection

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tense

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refers to the time when an action or state happens

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25
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indicative mood

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used to state things

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subjunctive mood

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used to refer to things that are removed from reality

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imperative mood

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used to give orders

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infinitive form

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the base form of a verb, can be used with or without “to”

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participle

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verb form that is used as an adjective

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30
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strong conjugation

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verb vowels change (ablaut)

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31
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weak conjugation

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verb endings change

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32
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metathesis

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when two sounds or syllables in a word switch places

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33
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Descriptive dictionary

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A dictionary that aims to describe how words are used

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34
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Prescriptive dictionary

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A dictionary that sets guidelines for how words should be used

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35
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Orthographic words

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A series of letters bounded by spaces

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36
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Phonetic word

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A sequence of sounds

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37
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Lexeme (1)

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Any meaningful speech form in the vocabulary of a language

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38
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Lexeme (2)

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The group of inflections of one word

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39
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Lemma

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The word that a lexeme (2) is listed under in a dictionary

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40
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Homonyms

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Two lexemes with the same pronunciation and spelling

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41
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Homographs

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Two lexemes with the same spelling but different pronunciations

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42
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Homophones

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Two lexemes with different spellings but the same pronunciation

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43
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Compound

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A lexeme made of two words, can be open (with a space between the lexemes) or closed (no space between lexemes)

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44
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Phrasal lexemes

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Multi-word lexemes which have a meaning that is not derivable from the independent meanings of their components

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45
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Denotation

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What a word refers to, the defenition

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46
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Connotation

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The associations of a word

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47
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Hypernym

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A word that refers to a set of other words

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48
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Hyponym

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A word with a more specific meaning than another general term also applied to it

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49
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Meronym

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A word that refers to a part of another thing

50
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Polysemy

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When a word has multiple meanings

51
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Tupi

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A Native American language, usually adopted into Portuguese then English

52
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cashew

A

adopted from Tupi

53
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piranha

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adopted from Tupi

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tanager

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adopted from Tupi

55
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toucan

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adopted from Tupi, went through Portuguese then French

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jaguar

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adopted from Tupi, went through Spanish or Portuguese

57
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adopted from Tupi

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adopted from Tupi

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adopted from Tupi

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adopted from Tupi, went through Portuguese then French

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adopted from Tupi, went through Spanish or Portuguese

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Quecha

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language of the Inca (modern Peru), usually adopted through Spanish

63
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condor

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adopted from Quecha

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llama

A

adopted from Quecha

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quinoa

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adopted from Quecha

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lagniappe

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adopted from Quecha, went through Spanish then Louisiana French

67
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quipu

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adopted from Quecha

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adopted from Quecha

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adopted from Quecha

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adopted from Quecha

71
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adopted from Quecha, went through Spanish then Louisiana French

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adopted from Quecha

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Nahuatl

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a language of southern Mexico and Central America, usually adopted through Spanish

74
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avocado

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adopted from Nahuatl

75
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cacao

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adopted from Nahuatl

76
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chocolate

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adopted from Nahuatl

77
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guacamole

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adopted from Nahuatl

78
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tomato

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adopted from Nahuatl

79
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Algonquian

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a language family of North America, usually adopted directly into English

80
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chipmunk

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adopted from Algonquian

81
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Michigan

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adopted from Algonquian

82
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Mississippi

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adopted from Algonquian

83
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racoon

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adopted from Algonquian

84
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skunk

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adopted from Algonquian

85
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adopted from Algonquian

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adopted from Algonquian

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adopted from Algonquian

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Mississippi

88
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adopted from Algonquian

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adopted from Algonquian

90
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defining vocabulary

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the list of words that can be used for definitions in a dictionary

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substitutability

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the definition is a phrase that can be substituted for the word itself without loss or gain of meaning

92
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synonymous cross-reference

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when the dictionary lists a synonym rather than or in addition to a definition

93
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genus + differentiae

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take a hypernym of the headword to be defined, then add the specific qualities that make for that headword

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meronymy

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Definitions which begin, “the part of ____ which …”

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Pinyin

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The system for writing Chinese characters in English

96
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bok choy

A

adopted from Cantonese

97
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kumquat

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adopted from Cantonese

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lo mein

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adopted from Cantonese

99
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ginseng

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adopted from Pekingese

100
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ramen

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adopted from Pekingese via Japanese

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tangram

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adopted from Pekingese and Greek

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Hindi

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one of the official languages of India, heavily influenced by Sanskrit

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bandanna

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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cheetah

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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cot

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

106
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juggernaut

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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loot

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

108
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adopted from Cantonese

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adopted from Cantonese

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adopted from Cantonese

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adopted from Pekingese

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adopted from Pekingese via Japanese

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adopted from Pekingese and Greek

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

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juggernaut

118
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adopted from Hindi, influenced by Sanskrit

119
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reduplication

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The repetition of a word-element within the same word

120
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spoonerism

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methathesis between words

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