Tuesday, August 4, 2020

LAUGHTER is CATCHY

 

Languages

חקצ Tsadi-Het-Koof

Meaning : laugh, sport

Albanian

qesh   ß = Reverse S-G

laugh, mock

Amharic  አስቂኝ

āsik’īnyi

to mock

Amharic

asseqin

comical

Arabic  ضحك

dahk ( D-from צ Tsadi shift)

to laugh

Armenian ծաղրում

tsaghrum

mockery, ridicule

Basque

iseka

to mock, laugh at

Basque

jokatu    M231

to play

Bolivian  Quechua

asikuy

laugh

Chinese  

xiao    X= S+K

laugh

Dawida: Bantu (SW Kenya)

Kuseka    M213                       [JK]

to laugh

Dawida: Bantu (SW Kenya)

Seko                                       [JK]

laughter

Egyptian  (Ancient)

zcj    צחק (vowels unknown)

laugh

Farsi (Iran)

shukh

funny (person)

Filipino

Tuksuhin

joke, tease

Finnish

kikatta   ß   צ Tsadi as dental

giggle

Finnish

hauska M213 metathesis of צחק  TSa[K]HaQ

amusing, delightful, entertaining, fun, funny, jolly

German

gackern    the Tsadi of  צחק  TSaK[H]ahQ    dropped.

to cackle

Hawaiian

ho'aka    S drops

laugh

Hindi (Dravidian)  हंसी

hansi    ß צחק TSaK[H]aQ is an H-S which is reversed and nasalized

laugh

Hindi   मज़ाक

mazāka

jest

Hungarian

vihog

laugh

Hungarian

kacagás, kaca   ß

laughter

Hungarian

kacagni      ß

laugh

Italian

giocare       ß

play, act a part

Japanese  きげ

kigeki          

comedy

Korean

higuk.

comedy

Latin

jocus   ß

JOCULAR, JOKE 

Luyia / Bantu

tsekha

tsinzekho    extra nasal

laugh

laughter   [JM]

Mahigan (Amerind)

schmeck   extra nasal

to laugh

Maori (Australia)

kata   ß  צ  Tsadi as dental

joke

Maltese

tidhaq  the  צ  Tsadi/TS becoming a double-dental

laugh the Tsadi/TS becoming a double-dental

Mataco or Wichi languages of the Guacicuro family of n. Argentina

t’ischey

to laugh, sport

Maya

tsek

laugh

Mongolian  хошигнол

khoshignol M213 metathesis

joke

Mon Khmer (Cambodia  Region)

sikak  (Aslian Branch)

to laugh out loud               [FA]

Sesotho/ Bantu

tsheha

laugh

Rapanui (Polynesian, Easter Is.)

kata   ß  צ  Tsadi as dental

laugh

Somali

qosol  ß

laugh

Spanish

guasa  ß 

joke

Spanish

chiste  ß 

a joke

Sumerian

ka-zal   ß

laugh

Swahili

cheka  

laugh       [JM]

Tlingit (Na-Dene of Alaska)

ya-shoo

 

laugh

Turkish

aka  

joke, jest, gag

Turkish

akaci

joker

KEY
interchangeable Edenics letter-groups : throat-made (brown), tooth-made (blue), whistling  letters (orange), nose-made  (green),  tongue-made  (pink),  lip-made  (red); vowels stay black] S-K = shift of gutturals        ß    = reverse;  N  nasalized, extra M or N

Opposite of laughing: One form of צעק TSa’[A]hQ (to cry out) is Nahuatl (Aztec) choca, to weep, cry  (S-F). See the fricative-guttural “crying” words above.

 From the "CHUCKLE" entry of E-Word: The Edenics Digital Dictionary. 2200 pages, color-coded. Edenics.org