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In Argentine Spanish, the change of /ʝ/ to a fricative realized as [ʒ ~ ʃ] has resulted in clear contrast between this consonant and the glide [j]; the latter occurs as a result of spelling pronunciation in words spelled with hi , such as hierba [ˈjeɾβa] 'grass' (which thus forms a minimal pair in Argentine Spanish with the doublet yerba ...
In case of borrowing cognate terms, rather than descendants, most simply an existing doublet can be borrowed: two contemporary twin terms can be borrowed. More remotely, cognate terms from different languages can be borrowed, such as sauce (Old French) and salsa (Spanish), both ultimately from Latin, or tea (Dutch thee ) and chai (Hindi), both ...
The three subjects, who usually wore blankets and short-sleeved shirts like the Indians of the region, were portrayed in European dress with a Spanish doublet and cape, as well as gold ornaments used by the Andean indigenous peoples, such as necklaces, nose rings, ear decorations and lip piercings.
Romance languages have a number of shared features across all languages: Romance languages are moderately inflecting, i.e. there is a moderately complex system of affixes (primarily suffixes) that are attached to word roots to convey grammatical information such as number, gender, person, tense, etc. Verbs have much more inflection than nouns.
Doublets or queen's game is an historical English tables game for two people which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although played on a board similar to that now used for backgammon, it is a simple game of hazard bearing little resemblance to backgammon.
This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.
My middle name, meaning light in Spanish, honors my mother, who is from the Philippines and has Spanish names throughout her lineage. My maternal grandmother, for example, was called Natividad, a ...
carpetovetónico. Adj. usually despective "terribly Spanish against any non core Spanish influence". Modern derivation from the name of the pre-Roman tribes carpetani and vetones. cencerro "cowbell" (cf. Basque zintzarri, zintzerri "cowbell, sheep bell") chabola "shack" (cf. Basque txabola < Occitan gabiòla; DRAE) chacolí, type of basque wine.