Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
The Somali word for spaghetti, baasto, is a loan word from Italian pasta.
Italian translation:
In Somalo, la parola baasto usata per spaghetti è presa dall'italiano 'pasta'.
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Ilde Grimaldi
Nov 30, 2003 23:16
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Brian Costello
The Somali word for spaghetti, baasta, is a loan word from Italian pasta.
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Linguistics
Somali, a Kushitic language of East Africa has its loan words from Italian as well as English, French and Arabic because all of these peoples were in the country at various times.
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In Somalo, la parola 'baasta' usata per spaghetti, è presa dall'italiano 'pasta'
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Comment: "Dear Sir,
Thank you very much for your answer. Actually that should have been baasto instead of baasta but it is a loan word from Italian. In English we occasionally call it "pasta" but "spaghetti" is much more common."
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Dear Brian
I think it would be great if you'd tell us something about the purpose of your questions.
I noticed that you have been asking questions in various language pairs...
German > English
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=582824&keyword=ich bin eine
I also remember questions in Spanish and Portugese and some other languages, but I can't find them right now...
Thanks for your explanation
Serge L.
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Note added at 2003-11-30 23:30:16 (GMT)
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and one more here... http://www.proz.com/kudoz/583858 (Greek)
I noticed that you have been asking questions in various language pairs...
German > English
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=582824&keyword=ich bin eine
I also remember questions in Spanish and Portugese and some other languages, but I can't find them right now...
Thanks for your explanation
Serge L.
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Note added at 2003-11-30 23:30:16 (GMT)
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and one more here... http://www.proz.com/kudoz/583858 (Greek)
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La parola somala "baasto"e un prestito dalla parola italiana "pasta".
I believe, the shoter the way , the better .
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