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  2. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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    Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.

  3. Polish profanity - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary of real Polish gives four words in 350 configurations, including the word "shit" in 47 functions. Sex-related obscenities Vagina Cipa Pronunciation: IPA: Literally "pussy". Another form of the word is the diminutive "cipka", which is usually not considered as crude. An insult towards a female.

  4. Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga ...

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    When parsed into individual words, the name reads: Taumata whaka tangi hanga koauau O tamatea turipukaka piki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua ki tana tahu. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the name may be transcribed as [tɐʉmɐtɐ. ɸɐkɐtɐŋihɐŋɐ. koːɐʉɐʉ. ɔ. tɐmɐtɛɐ. tʉɾi. pʉkɐkɐ. piki. mɐʉŋɐ.

  5. Tagalog profanity - Wikipedia

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    Tagalog profanity can refer to a wide range of offensive, blasphemous, and taboo words or expressions in the Tagalog language of the Philippines. Due to Filipino culture , expressions which may sound benign when translated back to English can cause great offense; while some expressions English speakers might take great offense to can sound ...

  6. Help:IPA/Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    Help. : IPA/Tagalog. < Help:IPA. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Tagalog in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing on the first.

  7. Tagalog phonology - Wikipedia

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    In the Palatuldikan (diacritical system), it is denoted by the pakupyâ or circumflex accent when the final syllable is stressed (e.g. dugô 'blood'), and by the paiwà ( grave accent) if unstressed ( susì 'key'). When followed by /j/, it is often pronounced [ʃ], particularly by speakers in urban areas.

  8. Hokkien profanity - Wikipedia

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    Kan (Chinese: 姦; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàn), literally meaning fuck, is the most common but grossly vulgar profanity in Hokkien. It's sometimes also written as 幹. It is considered to be the national swear word in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Used in a manner similar to the English word fuck, kan can express dismay, disgrace, and disapproval ...

  9. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.