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  2. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    The roots for the binomial name are crassus (thick, fat) and rupestris (living on cliffs or rocks) This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...

  3. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, a part of speech or part-of-speech (abbreviated as POS or PoS, also known as word class[ 1 ] or grammatical category[ 2 ]) is a category of words (or, more generally, of lexical items) that have similar grammatical properties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similar syntactic behavior (they play ...

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Meanings common to British and American English. American English meanings. backside (n.) posterior, buttocks. (as two words, back side) rear of anything [11][12][13][14] banger (n.) a sausage, as in "bangers and mash". an old motor car in a state of disrepair (US: beater or jalopy) a type of firework.

  5. Indonesian language - Wikipedia

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    Rencong alphabet, native writing systems found in central and South Sumatra.The text reads (Voorhoeve's spelling): "haku manangis ma / njaru ka'u ka'u di / saru tijada da / tang [hitu hadik sa]", which is translated by Voorhoeve as: "I am weeping, calling you; though called, you do not come" (in modern Malay "Aku menangis, menyerukan engkau, kaudiseru, tiada datang [itu adik satu]").

  6. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Latin Translation Notes a bene placito: from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure).

  7. Kata - Wikipedia

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    kata. Kata is a Japanese word (型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practiced in Japanese martial arts as a way to memorize and perfect the movements being executed.

  8. Allah - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad used the word Allah to indicate the Islamic conception of God. Allah has been used as a term for God by Muslims (both Arab and non-Arab), Judaeo-Arabic -speaking Jews, and Arab Christians [ 11 ] after the terms " al - ilāh " and "Allah" were used interchangeably in Classical Arabic by the majority of Arabs who had become Muslims.

  9. Sanskrit verbs - Wikipedia

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    6 tenses. present, imperfect, perfect, aorist, periphrastic future, simple future. Further, participles are considered part of the verbal systems although they are not verbs themselves, and as with other Sanskrit nouns, they can be declined across seven or eight cases, for three genders and three numbers. [6]