Friday, March 27, 2009

Answers to Word origins quiz

Salamat- Arab (similar to "Salam alekem", traditional Arab greeting)
Rupiah- Indian (very similar to Rupee, the Indian currency)
Guru- Indian
Wanita- Portuguese (similar to Juanita)
Indah- Portuguese (similar to Linda)
Kantor- Dutch
Mie- Chinese (similar to “mein” , as in “chow mein”)
Mingo- Portuguese (similar to domingo)
Raja- Indian
Meja- Portuguese (similar to mesa)

Have a great week.

sweeda

2 comments:

kim said...

Where do you get this info? Sounds good!

Anonymous said...

Wikipedia...where else?s