Fifty Words for Snow
Elliott & Thompson Limited (Verlag)
978-1-78396-498-7 (ISBN)
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'A delightful compendium that
brings together language, culture and adventure through frozen landscapes as it
shares the meanings behind 50 words for snow, gathered from around the globe.' - The
Herald, Christmas Books 2020
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Snow. Every language has its own words for the
feather-like flakes that come from the sky. In Japanese we find Yuki-onna - a
'snow woman' who drifts through the frosted land. In Icelandic falls
Hundslappadrifa - 'big as a dog's paw'. And in Maori we meet Huka-rere - 'one
of the children of rain and wind'.
From mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks
and desert hills, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the
meanings of fifty words for snow. Under her gaze, each of these linguistic snow
crystals offers a whole world of myth and story.
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Nancy Campbell is an award-winning writer and artist. Her travels in the Arctic between 2010 and 2017 have resulted in several projects responding to the environment, most recently The Library of Ice: Readings in a Cold Climate (S&S), which was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019. Her previous book on the polar environment, Disko Bay, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2016. An illustrated alphabet book, How to Say ‘I Love You’ in Greenlandic, received the Birgit Skiöld award in 2013. She has been a Marie Claire ‘Wonder Woman’, a Hawthornden Fellow and Artist in Residence at Oxford University. She is currently a Literature Fellow at Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg, Germany.
Contents; Prologue xv; 1. Seanas, Sami ..................... 1; 2. Yuki-onna, Japanese .................. 5; 3. Immiaq, Greenlandic ................ 11; 4. Smoor, Scots .................... 15; 5. H ima, Thai ..................... 21; 6. Kunstschnee, German ................ 23; 7. Onaabani Giizis / Popogami Giizis, Ojibwemowin .. 27; 8. Sheleg, Hebrew ................... 31; 9. Sastrugi, Russian .................. 35; 10. Hundslappadrifa, Icelandic ............. 39; 11. Sheen, Kashmiri ................... 43; 12. Cheotnun, Korean .................. 47; 13. Penitentes, Spanish ................. 49; 14. Cirulputenis, Latvian ................ 53; 15. Unatsi, Cherokee .................. 55; 16. Theluji, Swahili ................... 59; 17. Avalanche, French .................. 63; 18. Tykky, Finnish ................... 67; 19. Barfani chita, Urdu ................. 71; 20. Snemand, Danish .................. 75; 21. Mavro chioni, Greek ................. 81; 22. Neviera, Italian ................... 85; 23. Xue qiu, Chinese .................. 89; 24. Snoeangel, Swedish .................. 93; 25. Gangs, Tibetan ................... 97; 26. Calog shneachta, Irish ................101; 27. Huka-rere, Maori ..................105; 28. Snowboarding, American Sign Language .......111; 29. Kava, Faroese ....................115; 30. Kardelen, Turkish ..................119; 31. Omuzira, Luganda ..................123; 32. Fokksno, Norwegian .................131; 33. Sniegas, Lithuanian .................135; 34. Sira, Tundra Nenets .................139; 35. Taccuqt, Tamazight .................143; 36. Hima, Sanskrit ...................147; 37. Qasa, Quechua ...................151; 38. Barado, Amharic ..................155; 39. Ttutqiksribvik, Inupiaq ...............159; 40. Ais i pundaun olsem kapok, Tok Pisin ........165; 41. Hagelslag, Dutch ..................169; 42. Eira, Welsh .....................173; 43. Itztlacoliuhqui, Nahuatl ...............177; 44. Pana, Inuktitut ...................181; 45. Jaatee, Estonian ...................187; 46. Sparrow batch, Newfoundland English ........191; 47. Hau kea, Hawaiian .................195; 48. Virgen de las Nieves, Spanish ............199; 49. Zud, Mongolian ...................203; 50. Suncups, English ..................207; Acknowledgements 209 References 211
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.10.2020 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78396-498-7 / 1783964987 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78396-498-7 / 9781783964987 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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