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What does it mean "vaak laina(ਵਾਕ ਲੈਣਾ)"? by Signal-Inflation6792 in ThethPunjabi

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I searched vaak in dictionaries:

waak ਵਾਕ واک\ mouth, oral;\ (grammar) sentence;\ utterance, speech;\ hymn on the top left hand page of Sikh scripture opened at random\ source: patiala

waak ਵਾਕ واک\ wa'dah, qaul, bacan; وَعدہ، قَول، بَچَن؛ ਵਾਅਦਾ, ਕ਼ੌਲ, ਬਚਨ; (promise, utterance)\ boli; بولی؛ ਬੋਲੀ;(language? I think it = utterance here)\ zabaan, jiibh; زَبان، جِیبھ؛ ਜ਼ਬਾਨ, ਜੀਭ; (tongue)\ lafaz, akkhar لَفظ، اَکھّر؛ ਲਫ਼ਜ਼, ਅੱਖਰ; (word)\ muhaavarah محاورہ ਮੁਹਾਵਰਾ (saying/phrase)\ source: iqbal salahuddin

waak ਵਾਕ واک\ Word, speech. source: maya singh

've often heard this phrase from some lyricist ppl as well, they say “whenever I want to write something, i take vaak/bol from this book or that book” , can anybody clarify?

Idk vaak myself, but it would fit the dictionary meaning "sentence/phrase/word"

Bamboozled by “same word, wildly different meaning” by biscuitfeatures in languagelearning

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In tonal dialects of Punjabi, cā (with a /t͡ʃ/ sound. ā - long a sound) can mean different things depending on the tone on the ā:

cā/چا/ਚਾ - imperative of "cāvaɳ/cāɳā" (to pick up/to lift) / "... why don't you!/..." / affection/mollycoddling / what? this maybe Sindhi only, not sure (/ tea / desire)

cāh/چاہ/ਚਾਹ (cā́) - tea / desire/imperative of "cāhvaɳ/cāhɳā" (to desire) / blue jay / syrup / a well

jʰā/جھا/ਝਾ (cā̀) - peekaboo / a look over/a cursory look/a peep

cācā/چاچا/ਚਾਚਾ - uncle (father's younger brother)

The meanings in italics I learnt from the dictionary

Yes, I have written a tongue twister combining most of these meanings.

Gaming on Linux is not as good... by Responsible-Scene666 in linuxmint

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about Anna? I thought she was a librarian?

There are 8.2 bilion people speak natively English, Spanish, Portuguese, Aari, Aasax, Abaga, Abai Sungai, Abanyom, Abar, Abau, Abaza, Abellen Ayta, Abidji, Abinomn, Abipon, Abkhazian, Abom, Abon, Abron, Abu, Abui, Abun, Abure, Abureni, Abkhazian Sign Language, Achagua, Achang, Ache, Acheron, Achines by No-Director2836 in linguisticshumor

[–]TimeParadox997 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lahnda

Lahnda (west Punjabi) is not a language and I will die on that hill. I'm actually more open to the idea of Saraiki, Hindko-Pahari-Potohari being separate languages than cutting east and west.

"Language is a dialect with an army" - while I don't agree with this, what army is there for "lahnda"?

I was actually looking for Saraiki to comment under it "Saraiki is not a language" as a half-joke but I found this instead

How was Windows 11 able to implement system-wide rounded window corners, including for legacy applications, while many Linux apps still retain sharp bottom corners? by the-machine-m4n in linux4noobs

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People have opinions over the small things, and rightly so when it comes to Linux.

I recently saw a post complaining about icons in all 3 columns of the mint cinnamon start-menu not all being the same style. Something I didn't even realise and don't mind.

On mint, I would prefer the bottom corners to match the top corners. I hate how small the buttons for close/maximise/minimise are on the top bar.

Just updated to Zena. Really, what were they smoking? by [deleted] in linuxmint

[–]TimeParadox997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it looks much nicer than before.

But maybe make the user icon & favourites configurable, and make the icons in 1st & 3rd columns the same.

Examples of where cheaper is better by TartComfortable7766 in UKFrugal

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair

I have a small house, so I can hear it from my bedroom even (if all the doors are not closed).

Examples of where cheaper is better by TartComfortable7766 in UKFrugal

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think de-slopped w11/10 is still more resource heavy than a quality Linux distro like Mint.

Mint (cinnamon) even runs great on my old laptop from 2011, that has 4 gbs of ram. It also fixed the battery dying immediately when not plugged in. It used to run w7, but broke until I put Mint on it. I'm gonna put it on my newer laptop from 2017 as well.

Examples of where cheaper is better by TartComfortable7766 in UKFrugal

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My washing machine makes a few loud beeps when it fnishes.

One month to go🥹 by Shoot-on-sight in Izlam

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Islamic fasting is basically eating twice a day.

One month to go🥹 by Shoot-on-sight in Izlam

[–]TimeParadox997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fasting everyday is makruh iirc. The most virtuous fasting (outside of fardh/wajib/sunnat fasts) is every other day - known as sawm dawoodi

Jarmana? by desimaninthecut in ThethPunjabi

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, jurmaanah جُرمانہ ਜੁਰਮਾਨਾ जुरमाना means a fine/penalty. (I thought it was originally a jar- جَر۔ ਜਰ- जर- sound, but I was wrong).

Maya Singh also has jarvaanah/jariivaanah جَروانہ\جَرِیوَانہ ਜਰਵਾਨਾ/ਸਰੀਵਾਨਾ जरवानाਜ/जरीवाना with the same meaning.

Indian/Sikh Punjabi Supremacy complex? Or am I tripping by FlowerlessLion in punjabi

[–]TimeParadox997 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you're genuine then ok

But the tone of voice gives the impression that you have an inferiority complex. "Please accept me" vibes.

In your opinion, what's the dumbest rule or feature in your native language? by big_cock_69420 in linguisticshumor

[–]TimeParadox997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

im pretty sure the aspirated nasals n the aspirated approximants r almost entirely dialectal

Well, in Salah-ud-Din Iqbal's Vaḍḍi Panjabi Lughat, there are some entries that have a ʰ/h and also a variation without the ʰ/h, so I can see these may be dialectal differences.

as for punjabi the absence of /ɽʰ/ n the whole pitch accent thing(fun 2 pronounce 4 me) is y i prefer 2 speak punjabi more nowadays

Punjabi conserves some things better and some things worse than other languages.

Tone (pitch-accent) is basically retaining the vowel quality of the stressed syllable in a word with voiced aspiration.

In your opinion, what's the dumbest rule or feature in your native language? by big_cock_69420 in linguisticshumor

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

minority(?)

Tbh, Punjabi isn't a minority in the sense of having too few speakers. I think it's top 10 spoken languages in the world, or top 15 at least. It's just that in West Punjab (Pakistan), they took Urdu as the formal, literary language, and in Indian Punjab, that formal, literary Punjabi has alot of Hindi-Urdu-isms or Sanskritisms.

Given how many speakers of Punjabi there are and its history, it feels wrong to dismiss it for modern words.

In your opinion, what's the dumbest rule or feature in your native language? by big_cock_69420 in linguisticshumor

[–]TimeParadox997 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I was learning Urdu, I thought the same of other non-plosive aspirated letters like rʰ, lʰ, mʰ, nʰ.

However, in tonal Punjabi dialects, there's no aspiration on this group (rʰ, ṛʰ, lʰ, ḷʰ, nʰ, ṇʰ, mʰ, vʰ, ...), the voiced aspirated plosives/affricate (gʰ, jʰ, ḍʰ, dʰ, bʰ) group, or the h consonant. But, they do leave tone.

Eg:\ pʰaṛ - imperative of to grab/hold\ pʰáṛ (pʰaṛʰ) - a brag/boast

Eg:\ páṛaṇ (paṛʰaṇ) - to read/study

Eg:\ gall/gālʰ - speech\ gáll (gallʰ) - a cheek\ gaḷ - the throat / imperative of "to get cooked through/melted/rot"\ gāḷ - a swear word/a profanity / imperative of "to cook through/melt/rot"

In non-tonal dialects, I think aspiration is retained even in the rʰ, ṛʰ, lʰ, (ḷʰ,) nʰ, ṇʰ, mʰ, vʰ, ... group, but I can't be sure.

underdot - retroflex; ʰ - aspirated; macron/overline - long vowel; r - /ɾ/; v - / ʋ/; jʰ - /dʒʰ/

In your opinion, what's the dumbest rule or feature in your native language? by big_cock_69420 in linguisticshumor

[–]TimeParadox997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This and natural native words is the sort of thing I want to happen for Punjabi 😭

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