22 June 2011

boot is soba

sobasoba = boot (noun) (some things Google found for "soba": a very common term; Soba are Japanese buckwheat noodles, an overwhelming result; Soba Lounge in Pittsburgh; Soba Asian Bistro in Oregon; a last name; SOBA and Workhorse Irons tattoo machines; name of cities in Yemen, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mali, Pakistan, Congo and Spain)

Word derivation for "boot":
Basque = bota, Finnish = saapas
Miresua = soba

As well as meaning boot in Basque, bota means boot in Spanish and Portuguese.

The Miresua word for the plural boots will be sobat. Similar word sabot is a kind of wooden shoe.

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