Contionary:taildhāḍīs

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Chlouvānem

Alternative forms

Etymology

From taili "much, many" and dhāḍa "language", plus the agentive suffix -īs.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [täɪ̯ɴ̆dʱäːɖiːs]
(Līlasuṃghāṇi) IPA: [tæɪ̯ɴ̆dʱaːɖiːs]

Noun

taildhāḍīs (3s declension)

  1. polyglot, one who speaks three or more languages
    chlǣvānem mæn kaili lelyē taildhāḍais jali.
    Many Chlouvānem people are bilinguals.

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Related terms

danidhāḍīs "bilingual"
dhāḍa "language"
emibudhāḍīs "monolingual"