Modern terminology in Poswa and Pabappa
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Poswa and Pabappa are adept at coining new words, although Pabappa takes many loans from Poswa. Pabappa words in italics denote words recently loaned from Poswa. Words for which no Pabappa entry is given in this table also use the Poswa word, adapted to Pabappa's sound system.
Examples of coined words for modern technology
| English | Poswa | Pabappa | Shared etymology |
Other notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cellphone | pampappep | pampappep | pocket voice | electronics | ||
| chemical (warfare) | bumpša | punsasis | animal queen | Pabappa version adds sis "bomb" | weapons | |
| chemical (formula, recipe) | fompaevabašša | pompanibasa | substance that breaks down into two others | chemistry | ||
| cosmetic shampoo | puppsafamiši | hairstyle liquid soap | cosmetics/fashion | |||
| sunglasses | cosmetics/fashion | |||||
| shampoo (in general) | safamiši | apublip | beauty (liquid) soap; hair (liquid) soap | one word for beauty also means "hair of the head" | cosmetics/fashion | |
| sunblock, sunscreen | cosmetics/fashion | |||||
| suntanning lotion | cosmetics/fashion | |||||
| clock (in general) | ||||||
| wristwatch | ||||||
| typewriter | ||||||
| calculator | pwurpavwab | purpawab | math machine | |||
| calculator | pwurpožem | purpodem | math machine | |||
| calculator | pwuvbwem | pubbuem | math machine | assumes požem ---> bwem in Poswa, which causes r ---> v |
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| calculator | ||||||
| calculator | ||||||
| calculator | ||||||
| gun (in general) | baepimpwembwa | ulpassumpu | tube aiming bullets[1] | an SOV compound | weapons | |
| cannon | baeptwappwembwa | ulpussumpu | tube aiming bombs | [2] | an SOV compound | weapons |
| handgun, pistol | bipimpwembwa | — | hand aiming bullets | the word for tube is omitted | an SOV compound | weapons |
| handgun, pistol | — | ulpassumpusum | handheld tube aiming bullets | an SOV compound | weapons | |
| rifle | baebapimpwembwa | reed aiming bullets | an SOV compound | |||
| torpedo | weapons | |||||
| computer | pwurpavwab pubitom | purpawab pubitom | calculator with pictures on it | |||
| computer | pwurpavwab baviam | purpawab babiam | calculator with pictures on it | |||
| computer | pubapwurpavwab | puba purpawab | calculator of drawings | |||
| computer | pafapwurpavwab | papa purpawab | calculator of maps | |||
| computer | wembvapwurpavwab | wemba purpawab | calculator of maps | |||
| computer | ||||||
| computer | ||||||
| pill (medicine) | ||||||
| pharmacy | ||||||
