THE MEANING OF TINGO
(and other extraordinary words from around the world)
Adam Jacot de Boinod
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Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 154 languages, this intriguing book is arranged by theme so you can compare attitudes all over the world to such subjects as food, the human body and the battle of the sexes.
Here you can find not only those words for which there is no direct counterpart in English (such as the Persian word nakhur which means a camel that won’t give milk until her nostrils have been tickled), but also a frank discussion of exactly how many Eskimo terms there are for snow, and a vast array of information exploring the wonderful and often downright strange world of words. Oh, and tingo, in Easter Island, means ‘to take all the objects one desires from the house of a friend, one at a time, by asking to borrow them’.
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TOUJOURS TINGO
(More extraordinary words to change the way we see the world)
Adam Jacot de Boinod
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Did you know, that in Germany a young man with suspiciously good manners is called Tantenverfűrhrer (literally, aunt seducer), that in Namibia there is a word for walking on tiptoe through warm sand or that, in Welsh, gwarlingo is the rushing sound a grandfather clock makes before striking the hour. Whether you are physiggomai (Ancient Greek – excited by eating garlic) or knedlikovy (Czech – rather partial to dumplings) there are words here to charm and amuse everyone. Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 280 languages and packed with charming illustrations, Toujours Tingo is the perfect book for anyone interested in words, language or the world around them.
