• unhook2048@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My last one was a bit confusing. Here’s one

    the word Helicopter is not as you’d think. Heli-copter.

    The word is Helico, to mean spinning

    and pter, as in feather, like pterodactyl

    so the pronounciation is helico-ter.

    P.S. I’m so sorry.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I’m Ojibway-Cree and I speak my language

      Helicopter in my language is …

      KAH-KEE-NAH-KWA-NAS-KAH-PAH-NIK

      The literal translation is ‘the thing that turns’

      The other word that many older people used is …

      CHEE-KAH-NAH-MOO-SHEESH

      it’s the word in our language for ‘Dragonfly’