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The Loom of Language

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GUESE
ITALIAN

spark
1'etincelle (f)
la chispa
afaisca
la scintilla

sparking-plug
la bougie
la bujia
a vela
la candela

spring
le ressort
el muelle
a mola
la molla

starter
le demarreur
el arranque
o arranque
rawiamento

steering-wheel
le volant
el volante
o volante
il volante

tram
le tramway
el tranvia
o carro electrico
il tranvai

tube
la chambre a
la camara de
a camara
la camera

air
ane

d'aria

le boyau

tyre
le pneu
el neumatico
o pneumatico
la gomma

valve
la soupape
la valvula
a valvula
la valvola

wheel
la roue
la rueda
aroda
la ruota

(u) GENERAL

accident (chance Taccident (m) el acaso o acaso il caso

event)

accident (mishap)ljaccident (m) la desgracia o aadente ladisgraz-a
account (bill) le compte la cuenta a conta il conto

action Faction (f) la accion a accSo 1'azione

The correspondence English -lion, French -tion, Spanish -cion, Portuguese
-?ao3 Italian -zione also occurs in the Romance equivalents to awbition,
association, attention, condition., direction, imitation., nation, relation) etc,

advantage
Tavantage (m)
la ventaja
a vantagem
il vantaggio

advertisement
Fannonce(f)
el anuncio
o anuncio
rannunzio

advice (counsel)
le conseil
el consejo
o conseUio
il consigho

age (length of
Page (m)
la edad
a idade
1'eta (f)

life)

amusement
ramusement
la diversion
o divertimento
il divertimento

(m)

anger
la colere
la c61era
o enfado
la collera

angle
1'angle (m)
elangulo
o Ingulo
Tangolo

answer
la reponse
la respuesta
a resposta
la nsposta

apology
Fexcuse (f )
la disculpa
a satisfacao
la scusa

apparatus
1'appareil (m)
el aparato
o aparelho
Tapparecchio

appetite
1'appetit (m)
el apetito
o apetite
Tappetito

army
1'armee (f)
el ejercito
o exercito
1'esercito

art
l'art(m)
el arte (m)
a arte
1'arte (f)

assistance
1'aide (f)
la ayuda
a ajuda
T amto

attack
1'attaque (f)
el ataque
o ataque
1'attacco

authority
Tautonte
la autondad
a autondade
Tautonta (f )

average

o termo m^dio la media

The correspondence English -ry3 French -te> Spanish -dad, Portuguese
Italian -ra? also occurs in the Romance equivalents to difficulty, liberty 3
quality, society, tranquillity, etc

la moyenne el termino

medio

le sac el saco o saco

la boule la bola a bola

la bataille ia batalla a batalha

la beaut£ la belleza a beleza

bag
ball
battle
beauty

il sacco
la palla
la battaglia
la belle2za