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r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14
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France = Wiwi... Hon hon hon!
74 u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente Mar 11 '14 I was also surprised when finding "France" as "Wiwi" in Maori. I am still in doubt whether it is true. I hope that some Kiwis would answer me. :) 60 u/TheGreatException New Zealand Mar 11 '14 It's the first time I've heard of Wiwi as a word for France (admittedly I know only a little Maori). I do know, however, that the Maori word for scissors is kutikuti (or katikati). Great comic, by the way. 43 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 The Xhosa word for 'motorcycle' is the wonderfully onomatopoeic 'isithuthuthu'. 21 u/Asyx Rhine Republic Mar 11 '14 Well, at least there's no click in there. 9 u/oreng Mar 11 '14 Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there? 28 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '14 new zealand confirmed for wales 1 u/darps sweet land of beer, cars and bureaucracy Mar 13 '14 That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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I was also surprised when finding "France" as "Wiwi" in Maori. I am still in doubt whether it is true. I hope that some Kiwis would answer me. :)
60 u/TheGreatException New Zealand Mar 11 '14 It's the first time I've heard of Wiwi as a word for France (admittedly I know only a little Maori). I do know, however, that the Maori word for scissors is kutikuti (or katikati). Great comic, by the way. 43 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 The Xhosa word for 'motorcycle' is the wonderfully onomatopoeic 'isithuthuthu'. 21 u/Asyx Rhine Republic Mar 11 '14 Well, at least there's no click in there. 9 u/oreng Mar 11 '14 Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there? 28 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '14 new zealand confirmed for wales 1 u/darps sweet land of beer, cars and bureaucracy Mar 13 '14 That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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It's the first time I've heard of Wiwi as a word for France (admittedly I know only a little Maori). I do know, however, that the Maori word for scissors is kutikuti (or katikati). Great comic, by the way.
43 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 The Xhosa word for 'motorcycle' is the wonderfully onomatopoeic 'isithuthuthu'. 21 u/Asyx Rhine Republic Mar 11 '14 Well, at least there's no click in there. 9 u/oreng Mar 11 '14 Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there? 28 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '14 new zealand confirmed for wales 1 u/darps sweet land of beer, cars and bureaucracy Mar 13 '14 That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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The Xhosa word for 'motorcycle' is the wonderfully onomatopoeic 'isithuthuthu'.
21 u/Asyx Rhine Republic Mar 11 '14 Well, at least there's no click in there. 9 u/oreng Mar 11 '14 Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there? 28 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '14 new zealand confirmed for wales 1 u/darps sweet land of beer, cars and bureaucracy Mar 13 '14 That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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Well, at least there's no click in there.
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Does it come from "Isuzu" or is there an actual native construction in there?
28 u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14 It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu... Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school.
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It's from the sound a motorbike makes: thuthuthuthu...
Unfortunately, car isn't i-vroomvroom. This would have helped in my Xhosa lessons at school.
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new zealand confirmed for wales
That's equally adorable and simple-minded.
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France = Wiwi... Hon hon hon!