Diversity Quiz #2

Diversity Quiz #2

Questions

1. Forbidden, unmentionable - from Tongan?
2. Mountain guide, and 1975 British Leyland van brand, later the Leyland Daf Pilot - from Tibetan?
3. Seasonal South Asia wind and accompanying rainfall - from Dutch?
4. Long wrap-around skirt meaning sheath or quiver - from Malay?
5. Clumsy awkward person, whose earlier root gave us also 'clot' in English - from Yiddish?
6. Variety (of choices) - from Swedish?
7. The same (not the same as the question above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?
8. The phonetic neutral vowel sound shown as ə - like the 'eh' at the end of 'sofa' and the start of 'along' (whose symbol is an inverted 'e') - from German - and bonus point - a different word for the same thing from Hebrew instead?
9. Ghost or spirit, typically unseen and moving things - from German?
10. Isolation, quarantine, or secrecy - from Persian/Urdu?
11. Beer brewed for storing/keeping - from German?
12. Long story - from Old Norse?
13. Massacre of an ethnic group - from Russian/Yiddish?
14. Joy in the misfortune of others - from German?
15. Courage - from a rude Spanish metaphor?
16. Group journey in specific continent - from Kiswahili?
17. Hot steam bath - from Finnish?
18. Happiness or blissful death through elightenment (literally 'blowing out') - from Sanskrit?
19. Soft leather heelless shoe whose sole is upturned to form sides - from Virginian Algonquian?
20. Military ruler, and Mitsubishi 4x4 - from Japanese?

1. Forbidden, unmentionable - from Tongan?

   Taboo (originally tabu - referring to sacred custom)
2. Mountain guide, and 1975 British Leyland van brand, later the Leyland Daf Pilot - from Tibetan?

   Sherpa
3. Seasonal South Asia wind and accompanying rainfall - from Dutch?

   Monsoon (from early modern Dutch monssoen)
4. Long wrap-around skirt meaning sheath or quiver - from Malay?

   Sarong
5. Clumsy awkward person, whose earlier root gave us also 'clot' in English - from Yiddish?

   Klutz (Yiddish loosely equates to European-German Jewish)
6. Variety (of choices) - from Swedish?

   Smorgasbord (a buffet of Scandinavian delicacies - smorgas = slice of)
7. The same (not the same as the question above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?

   Ditto(earlier from Latin dictus, 'said')
8. The phonetic neutral vowel sound shown as ə - like the 'eh' at the end of 'sofa' and the start of 'along' (whose symbol is an inverted 'e') - from German - and bonus point - a different word for the same thing from Hebrew instead?

   Schwa - (German) - Sheva(Hebrew)
9. Ghost or spirit, typically unseen and moving things - from German?

   Poltergeist (from root meanings make noise and ghost)
10. Isolation, quarantine, or secrecy - from Persian/Urdu?

    Purdah (originally a veil or curtain to screen women from men/strangers)
11. Beer brewed for storing/keeping - from German?

    Lager (originally lager-bier - lager = storehouse)
12. Long story - from Old Norse?

    Saga
13. Massacre of an ethnic group - from Russian/Yiddish?

    Pogrom (the word referred originally to Russian massacre of Jewish people)
14. Joy in the misfortune of others - from German?

    Schadenfreude (from the root word meanings harm and joy)
15. Courage - from a rude Spanish metaphor?

    Cojones (pronounced 'co-honez' - meaning testicles)
16. Group journey in specific continent - from Kiswahili?

    Safari (Kiswahili is East African)
17. Hot steam bath - from Finnish?

    Sauna
18. Happiness or blissful death through elightenment (literally 'blowing out') - from Sanskrit?

    Nirvana (less correctly from Indian or Hindu - Sanskrit is the ancient Indo-European language, used in Indian Hindu and classical writings, which persists today in Indian religious and scholarly work - Nirvana meant in Sanskrit 'blowing out [destructive feelings such as greed and hatred]')
19. Soft leather heelless shoe whose sole is upturned to form sides - from Virginian Algonquian?

    Moccasin (also from other Native American Indian languages)
20. Military ruler, and Mitsubishi 4x4 - from Japanese?

    Shogun