In Japanese, if something is fickle or very changable, you can say it's 猫の目 (neko no me) or literally "cat's eye(s)". 🐱😾😺😸🙀

Here are a few cute Swahili words that I learnt recently:

Pilipili hoho = sweet pepper / bell pepper
Takataka = rubbish / trash
Pikipiki = motorcycle
Lala fofofo = to sleep like a log, to be sound asleep
Mahabubu = beloved, darling, lover

What do French and Spanish words for (wheel) rim have to do with Celtic words for crooked? Find out in this episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast: www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3873

What do the words marquis, march, margin and marquee have in common? Find out in this Omniglot blog post www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2...

Useful Irish exclamations: Ababú / Ababúna! = Heavens!

The Italian words pasto and pasta look and sound similar, but are they related? Find out in this Omniglot blog post: www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2...

What links the word epee (a type of sword) with the word spade? Let's find out in this Omniglot blog post. www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2...

You can be overwhelmed and underwhelmed, but can you just be whelmed? Find out in this Omniglot blog post: www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=2...

The word office comes from the same roots as words such as opera, opulence, opus, copy and even manure. Find out more in this Adventure in Etymology from Radio Omniglot: www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3693

Did you know that the words tan, tannin, and Tannenbaum may have Celtic roots? Find out more in this Celtic Pathways podcast from Radio Omniglot: www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3683