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user-inactivated  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's your favorite question?

Do you get answers/reply in Russian, by any chance?





pushka  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You mean because of my name 'pushka'?~

it's also polish/czech/finnish/yiddish~~

user-inactivated  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is it? Wonderful! I didn't know that. I would never imagine Finns having such a word. I can't seem to find its meaning or translation, though. Can you tell me what it means?

Yes, your nickname was the reason I was wondering. Hubski seems to have a much broader roster of people from Russia or those appreciating Russian language or culture. It makes me both glad and confused.

pushka  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·  

n__n

pushka:

Polish - can

Czech - shotgun

Finnish - shrub

Yiddish - charity box

Russian - cannon

Aramaic – Palm/ handsbreadth (פושקא) Hindu – “Best among Men”

user-inactivated  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you! It's quite interesting. "Shrub", huh? Who would have thought. I always knew it as a cannon.

Your Aramaic looks surprisingly like the Hebrew writing. It has its own script, doesn't it?

You're the Hindu kind of pushka, I presume?

pushka  ·  3178 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm Czech, and the nickname comes from the name of a Polish game called can