Miyambi yachingerezi ndi zonena za amphaka

Matembenuzidwe osiyanasiyana a mawu odziwika kwambiri onena za amphaka akhalapo m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya Chingerezi ndi Chirasha kwa zaka mazana ambiri, koma ndendende bwanji ndipo ndi liti pamene mawuwa adalowa m'chilankhulo chamasiku ano?

Amphaka ankawetedwa zaka zikwi zapitazo, ndipo kukhala kwawo ndi anthu kwakhazikitsidwa pa maudindo osiyanasiyana - kuchokera kwa waganyu (kuteteza nyumba ndi zomanga kunja kwa makoswe) kupita ku chiweto chokondedwa. Mawu okuluwika ambiri a amphaka amachokera ku mbiri yakale yofananizidwa ndi zaka mazana ambiri osati zaka masauzande. Ndipo ena a iwo, mwachitsanzo, kuti mphaka ali ndi miyoyo isanu ndi inayi, kapena kuti ngati mphaka wakuda akuwoloka njira yanu, tsoka likukuyembekezerani, izi ndi nthano zambiri kuposa aphorisms za amphaka.

Amphaka amitundu yonse ndi mayendedwe apanga njira yawo m'miyoyo yathu yatsiku ndi tsiku komanso pazokambirana zathu! Nawa mawu ena otchuka achingerezi onena za nyama zokongola izi.

1. Kodi mphaka adadya lilime lanu? (Mphaka ali ndi lilime lanu?)

Izi, mwina, mawu otchuka kwambiri okhudza amphaka sayenera kutengedwa kwenikweni! Amagwiritsidwa ntchito panthawi yomwe wofunsayo amakhala chete, makamaka ngati sakuyankha funso lomwe lafunsidwa. Mwambi umenewu mwina unayambira ku Igupto wakale, kumene lilime la wolakwayo linadulidwa ndi kudyedwa ndi mphaka monga chilango cha upandu, kapena m’zaka za m’ma Middle Ages, pamene mphaka wa mfiti ankaba kapena kupumitsa lilime lako kuti usalankhule. Palibe mwazinthu izi zomwe zili zokopa, koma mawuwa sasiya kugwiritsidwa ntchito! M'Chirasha, mawu awa amamveka ngati "Mwameza lilime lanu?"

2. Chidwi chinapha mphaka

Amphaka amadziwika kuti ndi zolengedwa zachidwi. Chifukwa cha khalidwe lachibadwa koma loopsali, ngakhale amphaka anzeru kwambiri akhoza kulowa m’mavuto ngati sasamala, chimene chili mfundo ya mwambiwu. Osafunsa mafunso ambiri kapena munganong'oneze bondo pazomwe mwapeza. Olemba masewero a Renaissance, kuphatikizapo Shakespeare, adagwiritsa ntchito mawuwa kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, ngakhale kuti "nkhawa inapha mphaka," yomwe imapezekanso mu bukhu la Brewer's 1898, malinga ndi Bartleby. M’Chirasha, mwambi umenewu umamveka ngati “mphuno ya Barbara wochita chidwi inathyoledwa m’nyumba.”

3. Mphaka ali kutali, mbewa zimasewera

Mwa kuyankhula kwina, pamene bwana achoka, ndi nthawi yosangalala! M'mbiri, amphaka, omwe amakhalabe ndi chibadwa champhamvu chosaka, amasunga mbewa kutali ndi nyumba ndi malo. Dictionary.com inanena kuti mawuwa adawonekera cha m'ma 1600, ngakhale amphaka ankagwiritsidwa ntchito kugwira mbewa zaka mazana angapo izi zisanachitike. Ku Russia, mwambi uwu umamveka ngati "mphaka kunja kwa nyumba - kuvina kwa mbewa."

4. Monga mphaka amene anadya canari

Ngati munakhutitsidwapo ndi kumaliza ntchito yovuta kapena kupeza mphotho yodabwitsa, ndiye kuti mwakhala ndi mawonekedwe awa pankhope yanu! Monga tanenera kale, amphaka ndi alenje achilengedwe, ndipo "kugwira canary" kwa iwo kuli ngati kukweza kwakukulu kapena mphoto yofunikira. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, mawuwa angatanthauzenso kudziimba mlandu kutenga chinthu chomwe sichanu. “Mphaka amene anadya kirimu wowawasa” ndi imodzi mwa mawu ambiri ofala ponena za amphaka ku England, amene kwenikweni amatanthauza chinthu chomwecho.

5. Lolani mphaka atuluke m’thumba

Mawu ena otchuka okhudza amphaka, kutanthauza kuwulula chinsinsi mwangozi - oops! Popeza amphaka amakonda kubisala m'malo ang'onoang'ono, nthawi zambiri timawona mphaka akukwera m'thumba, koma chiyambi chenicheni cha mawuwa sichidziwika. Mphekesera zodziwika bwino zimati zitha kukhala zogwirizana ndi chilango chokwapulidwa (mphaka-michira isanu ndi inayi) yolandilidwa ndi amalinyero a British Royal Navy chifukwa cha kusamvera. Itha kutanthauzanso malonda a nyama m'misewu ya England panthawi ya Renaissance. Wamalondayo atha kukugulitsani nkhumba m’thumba, yomwe inasanduka mphaka. Ngakhale Snopes adatenga mbiri ya mawuwa, kuchotsa nthano izi koma osapereka tanthauzo lomveka bwino kapena chiyambi cha mawuwo. Chinthu chokhacho chomwe chinganenedwe motsimikizika ndi chakuti mawuwa amakhalabe otchuka mpaka lero! Koma mawu akuti “nkhumba m’thumba” akutanthauza kuti munthu amagula chinthu chosadziwika bwino.

6. Mphaka wamantha (Fraidy- kapena mphaka wamantha)

Eni ake a ziweto amadziwa kuti amphaka amatha kuchita manyazi, ndipo ndi chikhalidwe ichi chomwe mwambi wofotokozera munthu wamantha kapena wamantha amachokera - nthawi zambiri ali mwana kusiyana ndi msinkhu. Buku lina lotanthauzira mawu ( Online Etymology Dictionary ) limanena kuti pofika m’chaka cha 1871 mawuwa ankagwiritsidwa ntchito m’chinenero cha Chingelezi cha ku America ndi Chingelezi pofotokoza za mantha.

Mwachionekere, amphaka achita mbali yaikulu m’mbiri ya dziko ndipo motero aloŵerera m’miyambi yambiri yotchuka, kotero kuti anthu mwina saganizira n’komwe za zimene amanena kapena kumene zinachokera. Koma tsopano, nthawi ina mukadzamva munthu akugwiritsa ntchito limodzi mwamawu awa, mutha kudabwa ndi kudziwa kwanu zambiri za mbiri yakale ya amphaka. Akhoza kuganiza kuti ndinu "pajamas amphaka" (ndiko kuti, interlocutor ndi zomwe mukufunikira)!