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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Whats that you are wearing? #103550 05/19/2003 3:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky There are at least two Indonesian words for shawl: selendang, and syal. I came across something interesting: in Indonesian, capai means shattered or knackered. In Maori, kapai means AOK. I wonder how two words that are so similar came to have opposite (nearly) meanings? Do they have the same root? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Whats that you are wearing? of troy 05/19/2003 1:54 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? dxb 05/19/2003 3:18 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? of troy 05/19/2003 3:44 PM Re: dishevelled post maahey 05/19/2003 4:35 PM Re: dishevelled post of troy 05/19/2003 5:14 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? wwh 05/19/2003 3:21 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? of troy 05/19/2003 3:41 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? vika 05/19/2003 3:43 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Faldage 05/19/2003 4:03 PM Homer has another word for it consuelo 05/22/2003 10:31 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Jackie 05/19/2003 3:59 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? of troy 05/19/2003 5:23 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? sjm 05/20/2003 4:02 AM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Capfka 05/23/2003 8:43 AM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/23/2003 11:06 AM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Jackie 05/23/2003 12:29 PM re: what's piquet wofahulicodoc 05/26/2003 2:21 PM Re: re: what's piquet Capfka 05/26/2003 7:12 PM Re: re: what's piquet sjm 05/26/2003 7:26 PM Picky (and other card games) wofahulicodoc 05/26/2003 8:28 PM Re: Picky (and other card games) Bingley 05/27/2003 2:47 AM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Bingley 05/26/2003 1:30 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/26/2003 1:47 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? sjm 05/20/2003 3:57 AM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Jackie 05/20/2003 12:58 PM Re: Whats that you are wearing? Bingley 05/20/2003 6:28 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,371 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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