Rampaí / Ramps

Rampaí / Ramps

Vocabulary:

rampa = ramp
rampaí = ramps

Etymology:

The word “rampa” is obviously a loanword (“béarlachas” = “anglicism”) from the English word “ramp” even though there is a beautiful Irish word “uchtóg” (small heap, rise in ground, bump on a road). More and more English loanwords displace native Irish words:

carr vs gluaisteán = car
fón vs guthán = phone
aicsean vs gníomh = action
zú vs gairdín ainimhithe = zoo
ceamara vs grianghrafán = camera
bataire vs ceallra = battery
cuirtín vs brat fuinneioge = curtain
treabhsar vs bríste = trousers
murdar vs dúnmharú = murder
músaem vs iarsmalann = museum
mapa vs léarscáil = map
héileacaptar vs ingearán = helicopter
sásar vs fochupán = saucer

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