14 August 2015

can is patki

patki = can (noun) (Some things Google found for "patki": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; Indian model and former beauty queen Amruta Patki; Indian music director and composer Ashok Patki; P G Patki Architects of Mumbai, India; similar patka means duck in Croatian; name of places in Pakistan and Poland)

Word derivation for "can" :
Basque = lata, Finnish = purkki
Miresua = patki

This is a new word. In the UK they might call a can a tin.

The word can occurs many times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but not as a noun.

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