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Homonym. In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs —words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones —words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both. [ 1] Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument ...
The Kannadigas or Kannaḍigaru[ a] ( Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು[ b] ), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada and trace their ancestry to the South Indian state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions. [ 5] The Kannada language belongs to the Dravidian family ...
Gowda (surname) Gowda (also known as Gauda, Goud, Gouda or Gonda [1] [2]) is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas in South Karnataka, Vokkaliga Gowda and the Lingayats in north Karnataka. [3] [4] It is also used by other communities like Namadhari Naiks, [5] Billavas. [6]
The minimal pair was an essential tool in the discovery process and was found by substitution or commutation tests. [3] As an example for English vowels, the pair "l e t" + "l i t" can be used to demonstrate that the phones [ɛ] (in l e t) and [ɪ] (in l i t) actually represent distinct phonemes /ɛ/ and /ɪ/. An example for English consonants ...
The name Badaga, meaning 'northerner', comes from Old Kannada Badagana, meaning 'north.'According to the Badaga oral tradition, their ancestors were presumed to be Vokkaligas who migrated from the plains of Mysore to avoid Muslim persecution.
Chokshi. Choksi. Chopra (surname) Chopra clan. Chowdhury. (previous page) ( next page ) Categories: Family in India. Surnames of Asian origin.
Homophone. Venn diagram showing the relationships between homophones (blue circle) and related linguistic concepts. A homophone ( / ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə -/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning and sometimes also in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, for example ...
This is a list of words that occur in both the English language and the Spanish language, but which have different meanings and/or pronunciations in each language. Such words are called interlingual homographs. [1] [2] Homographs are two or more words that have the same written form. This list includes only homographs that are written precisely ...