davka
Language: Hebrew · [ˈdavka] · Pronunciation: DAV-kah
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Meaning
precisely this one, and often precisely to annoy
The story
It came from an Aramaic word for exactness and grew a personality on the way. Davka marks the option chosen on purpose, usually the awkward one: the child who eats everything on the plate except the thing you cooked. One word does duty for precisely and for out of sheer contrariness.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Hebrew
- When do you say it?
- When it rains on the day of the picnic
- Where would you hear it?
- A child told to hurry, slowing down
- What does it mean?
- That one and no other, on purpose
How it went
Harder than most words so far.
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