14 May 2014

pencil is lykatz

lykatz = pencil (noun) (some things Google found for "lykatz": a rare term; user names; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; similar Likatz is a rare last name)

Word derivation for "pencil":
Basque = arkatz
Finnish = lyijykynä      (lyijy (lead) +‎ kynä (pen))
Miresua = lykatz

Another Basque word for pencil is lapitz, which is very similar to the Spanish word for pencil, lápiz.

The word pencil occurs twice, and pencils occurs once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This of course, Alice could not stand...

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