Home > Industry/Domain > Language

Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

21Categories 484230Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Language

Language > Terminology

zithini

Language; Terminology

A Ndebele greeting. Direct translation: "What are they saying?", meaning "Hello, how are things?" or "Hello, how is life going for you?"

zithini

Language; Terminology

A Ndebele greeting. Direct translation: "What are they saying?", meaning "Hello, how are things?" or "Hello, how is life going for you?"

zikhupha wa

Language; Terminology

Ndebele term to respond to the greeting "Zikhuphani"(whats going on?). Direct translation: "they take out nothing", or "its empty." Actual meaning: "Nothing much is happening" The ...

angitshulo

Language; Terminology

A Ndebele response. Direct translation: "I am not saying anything", Actual meaning: "I'm ok", as if to say, there is not much happening. This is in response to "Uthuni".

back matter

Language; Terminology

Component parts of a dictionary or reference work which are located between the central word-list and the end of the work, e.g. names, symbols, indexes. Contrasted with front ...

alphabetic order

Language; Terminology

Arrangement of the word list in a reference work by the conventional sequence of letters in the writing system, either word-by-word or letter-by-letter. Contrasted with thematic ...

breaking bad

Entertainment; Movies

Breaking bad means someone who was really good and nice, all of a sudden and for many reasons he became a bad person so this process or jump from being good to bad is called ...