Re: Attn: Spanish speakers
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 30, 2002, 20:18 |
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On 30 Aug 02, at 22:09, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote:
> - From "Siervo" ("servant"), you have "servil" (ehm ... don't
> know how to translate this; it's "the quality of being prone to
> serve", or something alike)
I think I'd call this "servile".
> gentilicians? (the names of the people that inhabit some place)
"gentilics"? Not sure, though. (French is also interesting in that
department, with lots and lots of places, even smaller ones, having
special names for the inhabitants; whence e.g. "salade niçoise" from
"Nice".)
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>
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