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A bunch of collective nouns (lemmy.world)
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[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Sounds like German

plane - flying stuff

Lighter - fire stuff

Vehicle - driving stuff

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 weeks ago

lol ... I'm Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree

This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe

Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook .... 'the thing that flies'

Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik ... 'the thing that turns fast'

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