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{{djpnotes|quote=I can't help but feel this was inspired by German—by which, of course, I mean T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" (to wit, "''Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch''", whence I learned the word). And, of course, since T. S. Eliot came up organically, how 'bout that ''Cats'' movie, huh?
{{djpnotes|quote=I can't help but feel this was inspired by German—by which, of course, I mean T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" (to wit, "''Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch''", whence I learned the word). And, of course, since T. S. Eliot came up organically, how 'bout that ''Cats'' movie, huh?


-''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 15:30, 23 January 2020 (PST)|date=January 4, 2020}}
-''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 15:30, 4 January 2020 (PST)}}

Revision as of 15:31, 23 January 2020

Bodzvokhan

Etymology

From Sungdin *ʕwkht.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɔxt/

Orthographic Form

okht

Cyrillic Orthographic Form

охт

Adjective

okht

  1. real, legitimate, authentic
Inflection
Singular Plural
Nominative okht okhtef
Genitive okhtan okhtem
Antonyms

Creation and Usage Notes

I can't help but feel this was inspired by German—by which, of course, I mean T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" (to wit, "Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch", whence I learned the word). And, of course, since T. S. Eliot came up organically, how 'bout that Cats movie, huh?

-David J. Peterson 15:30, 4 January 2020 (PST)