Sentences with phrase «dialect means»

Learning her native dialect means you're making the effort of learning about her culture.

The Let My Vote Count Alliance, the Alliance for Accountable Governance, and the Movement for Change, The demonstration, dubbed «Baamu Yadda», which in the Hausa dialect means «we will not agree», was aimed at getting the EC to validate the voters» register for the November polls as suggested by the Justice VCRAC Crabbe panel.

Astronomers vented some of their frustration when they named the mysterious source, calling it Geminga, from an expression in Italian dialect meaning it's not there.

The Dutch called these people «Hottentots,» a word derived from a northern Dutch dialect meaning «stutterer» or «stammerer.»

The word «megibung» is from the Balinese dialect meaning people eating communally.

Not exact matches

@ Rainer Braendlein I did not mean for this to become a religious dialect (Again, I am no scholar) but I did check your website and I hope we communicate and exchange more thoughts with time.

After all, if we do that, don't we then have to do that when the a Canaanite uses the term «god» (el), or other near eastern dialects / languages (il, ilim, elim, etc.) use their similar term for God, then we have to force their meaning and that theology onto the Israelites?

Like those religious fellowships of Liberia and Sierra Leone, the north Georgia congregations conveyed their culture (later he used the more precise term «subculture») by means of distinct idioms, symbolic dialects constructed both to express and to maintain group identity.

Etymologically it has been linked with an ancient South Arabian verb meaning «to build,» and with a verb in the dialect of Socotra meaning «to bear, bring forth.»

-- Pepper of peppers is the meaning of this compound Quichuan word, and both word and thing are largely distributed over South America, extending from the Bibo - Bio in the south to the Atrato in the north; it is also found in the dialects of the Gran Chaco; in Aymara, in Andaqui, among the agricultural Indians of Choco, the mining Indians of Potosi, and the Cerro de Pasco.»

Explaining the origins of Suban - Ick, one of her specialties, she says: «In the Cakqchiquel dialect, it means «corn dough» and «hot.»»

Ong means «to fry» in the Tai Yai dialect, and this dish makes use of pork and tomatoes, both staples of Tai Yai cooking.

Known by Italians as risi e bisi (bisi means peas in the Venetian dialect), this risotto is based on ingredients I always keep on hand for a last - minute supper.

According to the Online Etymology dictionary, the slur originated from southern Italian dialect «guappo,» which means «dandy, dude, stud.»

Often there are many ways to describe something — many dialects, or cases where one word can mean different things.

The word anam means lake in a Kenyan dialect; the fossils — including some teeth, parts of the upper and lower jaws, an arm bone, and these two pieces of a shinbone — were found near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.

But when people are said to speak a dialect, the term means more than just distinctive sounds.

This remains the case even after Russell Means pointed out the flawed translations, which left all the men in the film speaking in the female Sioux dialect.

b) Describe the impact of specific word choices, such as jargon, dialect, multiple meanings, invented words, concrete or abstract terms, and sensory or figurative language.

Countach is a fairly profane expression in the Piedmontese dialect, though Google will politely tell you it means «wow» and, for the sake of propriety, I will only say, «Holy countach, I'm driving a Countach!»

The pun is intended, as it's Nuvem de Livros (which means cloud of books in local dialect) that it's being called.

In the local dialect, Soviet was pronounced Su — wei — ai, which meant «we,» so perhaps the Soviet was our government, she once thought.

Although I spoke the local dialect fluently, I had no idea what she meant.

It was a bit rough going at first, trying to figure out the meanings of the Africanner and Zulu dialect.

While «Boeker» means «books» in a German dialect, her first name Beate can be translated as «Happy»... and with a name that reads «Happy Books,» what else can she do but write novels with happy endings?

«ULAU MANUA» means «home of Gods» or «paradise» in the dialect of the Mentawai islands!

The word Gili means «a little island» in Sasak language, the local dialect of Lombok.

And now for the main reason we've come all this way along the Panorama Route — the Blyde River Canyon, also known as Motlatse, which means «a river that is always full» in the Pulane dialect of Northern Sotho.

Meaning «Big Water» in the local dialect, there are 275 falls that cover a distance of over a mile and a half.

Strictly speaking, the name «Gili Islands» is rather redundant, as gili simply means «small island» in Sasak, the local Lombok dialect, but the name has stuck and is universally used and understood in travel and guide books denoting a holiday destination.

For this purpose, it's no wonder that its name, «Kupuri», actually means «soul» in Huichol the dialect spoken by he indigenous people of Nayarit, Mexico.

In Yucatec dialect, the name means «Maiden of the Rock» or the «Stone Woman.»

Chabil Mar, which means «Beautiful Sea» in the local Maya dialect, is an exclusive luxury resort located just a few minutes» walk from Placencia Village on the southern end of the peninsula.

Xunantunich means «stone Woman» or «Maiden of the rock» in the Yucatec dialect.

With luxurious villas, a lush tropical garden, and a gourmet restaurant featuring open - air dining on the resort's seafront pier, Chabil Mar means «Beautiful Sea» in the local Maya dialect.

• During the Revolution it was given the name Candille, meaning «candle» in Provencal dialect, because its impressive cypress tree was said to act as a landmark for the Republican forces.

In Maya dialect, Xunantunich means «Stone Woman» or «Maiden of the Rock» and this archeaological site is an impressive and magnificent Maya temple that is located outside San Ignacio in the Cayo District.

Also - known - as Lardyai (talaad yai), which means «big market» in southern Thai dialect, this weekly market started in October 2013 and is hosted on the beautifully renovated Thalang Road, right in the middle of the historical Sino - Portuguese district of Phuket Town.

One of the finest luxury resorts in Belize is located in Placencia, the fabulous Chabil Mar, which means «Beautiful Sea» in the local Maya dialect.

In Spanish at least dialects aren't peyorative, they just mean different location normally.

As to how this was handled in Japanese, I'm unsure, but one would suspect that dialects would have taken on an entirely different meaning, which we'll get to later.

Sight Reading: Photography and the Legible World, on show until 30 May next year, approaches photography as a multifaceted means of communication, which has many different dialects and languages, dependent on the image in question.

This infographic, created by Column Five, shows the Native American root meanings of 27 state names, as well as the tribe and dialect the name came from.

What got me most was the magic of feeling I was listening in on conversations between color groupings — how the reds and blues seemed to be speaking (or perhaps singing) in slightly different dialects of the same paint language, some mute or just whispering, other maniacally chatty, muttering or even yelling bloody murder — all which keeps your eye moving back and forth trying to figure out what it all means.»

Making Visible the Invisible reveals abstract art to have a language of great stylistic breadth that yields ambitious meaning in a series of dialects: geometric, biomorphic, and gestural.

(«I'm lookin» girrt in my cap and shirt» will probably not mean much to folks unfamiliar with West Country dialect.)

As a word, soople is said to derive from an early English dialect and mean to soften or make supple.

In the dialect of the Wakgun Clan group of the Gurreng Gurreng Nation, Yatdjuligin means «talking in a good way».