"Kuantu" is a word in CHAVACANO

kuantu CHAVACANO
Definition:

English: how much; how many
Tagalog: gaano

kuantu CHAVACANO
Definition:

English: how many; few
Tagalog: ilan (ilang)

Few words of positivity

She had picked the spot the day before and carried out a stool low enough to sit on and still have her paintbox and her water cup within reach. Anna didn't use an easel. Easels seemed to her an altogether too assertive aid, too obvious. She liked to work as unobtrusively as possible, the paper spread on a board in her lap, close to her hand.

Tove Jansson, The True Deceiver

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Former Vice President Quayle, Speaker of the HouseGingrich, and President Clinton are traveling in acar together in Kansas. A tornado comes along andwhirls them up into the air and tosses them thousandsof yards away. They all fall into a daze. When they come to and extract themselves from thevehicle, they realize they're in the fabled Land of Oz. They decide to go see the famous Wizard of Oz. TheWizard is known for granting people their wishes. Quayle says, "I'm going to ask the Wizard for a brain." Gingrich responds, "I'm going to ask the Wizard for a heart." Clinton speaks up, "Where's Dorothy?"

a ENGLISH

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and …

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anekdota HILIGAYNON

anékdota - (Sp. anécdota) Anecdote, story, yarn. (cf. súgid, ági, tabô, inágyan, etc.). ang – ángkat ang, The definite article: …

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anti ENGLISH

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English …

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-art ENGLISH

The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is …

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Burgage-Tenure LAW AND LEGAL

In English law. one of the three species of free socage hold-lngs; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were …

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circum- ENGLISH

A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.

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contra ENGLISH

A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many …

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Count-Out LAW AND LEGAL

In English parliamentary law. Forty members form a bouse of commons; and, though there be ever so many at the …

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Dedimus Potestatem LAW AND LEGAL

(we have given power.) In English practice. A writ or commission issuing out of chancery, eni-powering the persons named therein …

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Effusio Sanguinis LAW AND LEGAL

In old English law. The shedding of blood; the mulct, fine, wife, or penalty imposed for the shed-ding of blood, …

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en- ENGLISH

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words …

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-er ENGLISH

The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, …

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Intimidation LAW AND LEGAL

In English law. Ev-ery person commits a misdemeanor, punish-able with a flne or Imprisonment, who wrong-fully uses vlolence to or …

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Jurats LAW AND LEGAL

In English law. officers in the nature of aldermen, sworn for the government of many corporations. The twelve assistants of …

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kwimi HILIGAYNON

kwími - See kúymi—treasurer. l, This letter is pronounced as in English. Variously combined with vowels it is frequently made …

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lytta ENGLISH

A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog. M …

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muchu CHAVACANO

English: many Tagalog: dami

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oe ENGLISH

a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong …

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phonotypy ENGLISH

A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary …

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plas CEBUANO

plas [number of English origin] [so-and-so] many points advan-tage. Hatágan níyag plas payib ang bangà níyang kuntra, He will give …

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