States of Origin [BB404]
10 March, 2013
Using your erudite radar, can you determine (or shrewdly punt) what English words own these ten derivations?
- rigattare (Italian): compete
- jangala (Sanskrit): desert
- konops (Greek): mosquito
- qobbah (Arabic): vault
- burra (Latin): trifle
- sulza (German): brine
- mestengo (Spanish): stray
- rogg (Norse): tuft
- mukyyhar (Arabic): chosen
- yobel (Hebrew) ram’s horn
(Love this stuff. Any other curveballs?)
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