WotD: backpack (AE), rucksack (BE)

1. der Rucksack
2. de rugzak
3. la mochila
4. la motxilla
5. le sac à dos
6. y sach gefn
7. an mála droma
8. plecak
9. 배낭 (背囊)
10. (雙肩)背包 (shuāngjiān)bēibāo

Notes: 3,4. Ultimately from Basque mutil "boy".

I've known for some time that I should invest in a backpack. The messenger bag I have is fine for small loads, but it doesn't have to get very heavy before I feel the strain in my lower back. Naturally, I've been noticing this a lot more since I've been on the crutches. The pain in the shoulder over which the strap goes is even worse. So bad, in fact, that I had to stop several times on the way home yesterday evening.

So you can well imagine how relieved I was to get home and find a shiny new backpack from the North Face lying on the dining room table. Even with everything else he had to do yesterday, monshu found time to cab it to the store at lunchtime and pick one out for me. (This is why I really don't have a right to bitch about my situation ever.) So far, I've had a little trouble adjusting the shoulder straps so they don't interfere with the crutches. (That's probably another sign I need to shorten them.) And I can't reach around to pull things from the pockets like I could before. Also the snug fit turns my back into a sheet of sweat on steamy days like today, but there shouldn't be many of those left and already I can feel the improvement in my abused joints.

A thuilleadh trioblóide le fearaibh

Cad'na thaobh ná fuil pioc cloiste agam ó Reitheoir? Dhéanfainn teagmháil leis ach ní mian liom go bhfuil cuma ró-dhíocasach orm. Nach féidir a chuireas scaoll ann leis an mbarróig sin? An ea ná fuil suim aige ionam ach mar ábhar leannáin agus é gan féachaint orm mar chara ionchasach? Do bhíos ag súil le cuairt cúirtéise roime seo--scairt ghutháin nó teachtaireacht téacs ar a laghad!

WotD Bonus Special Edition: spinning wheel

1. das Spinnrad
2. het spinnewiel
3. la rueca
4. la filosa
5. le rouet, la rouette
6. y droell
7. an tuirne
8. kołowrotek
9. 물레
10. 紡車 fǎngchē

Etymological notes: 3. From proto-Germanic *rokko "distaff" (cf. MdG (Spinn)rocken "idem.") 4. From fil "thread" 5. Dim. of roue "wheel". (Fem. variant is LA French.) 6. From tro "turn". 7. MIr túrna (cf. OE turn(i)an, OFr tourner "to turn). 8. ?Dim. of kołowrót "turnstyle" (from koło "wheel" and wróta "gate".) 10. 紡 "reel, spin" + 車 "cart"

Bonus translations:

• Basque: txirrika (Cf. Biscayan txirringa "wheel")
• Breton: karr-nezañ "cart [of] spinning"
• Chickasaw: polonaatanni' (< polona "thread" + aa- [locative prefix] + tanni' "to spin")
• Gaelic: cuidheall-shnìomha "wheel [of] spinning"
• Hindi/Panjabi: चरखा/ਚਰਖਾ carkhā (< Persian چرخه charkheh "wheel")
• Japanese: 糸車 itoguruma "thread-cart"
• Okinawan: yaama
• Russian: прялка prjalka (< прясть "to spin")
• Turkish: çıkrık (< Persian?)