Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2019

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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 1

1. قَصَب = stalk

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 2

1. Respect mood in plural - based on what?

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 3

1. Adjectives ending in -ic
2. Question about verb tense: past tense or past perfect tense?

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 5

1. Long vowel sounds in Old English

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 6

1. German "Verunreinigungen"

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 7

1. Forth Worth

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 8

1. Too-wry-ay
2. Nationality names which can or can't be used as both a adjective and a (singular) noun

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 12

1. Is "professional hunter" an umbrella term for those, whose occupation is hunting, e.g. "gamekeepers"?

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 14

1. Xhosa pronunciation question (letter "r")

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 16

1. Arabic: " Hello, حلو ". Can this mean anything, not in a romantic context?

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 17

1. Chinese Name
2. Boat vs. ship

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 18

1. Paul Meara
2. Leipzig
3. Are there other words where the Arabic consonant غ interchanges with the Hebrew consonant ר?

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 19

1. The food tastes good
2. Why Copenhagen and not Copenhaven?

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 20

1. Japanese text
2. Yours sincerely/faithfully
3. Saadeddin Arkej or Sadettin Ergeç, Arabic or Turkish

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 22

1. Title question
2. English sentences where the past tense is not supplied contextually
3. l and r in Japanese

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 23

1. "I'll get me coat"

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 24

1. The word "either"

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 25

1. on or in the Chinese mainland
2. Name of Illustrator of work in German

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 26

1. Indy 4

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 27

1. Coin identification

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 28

1. Greek and Russian alphabets

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 29

1. Baritarian

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 30

1. Can "tincture" mean a bottle/phial?

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 January 31

1. Komi language Sound Change