Oct 7, 2009 11:05
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Russian term
гадания на лучинах
Russian to English
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гадания на лучинах
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fortune-telling using chips
"Гадание на лучинах" is a kind of a fortune-telling practised by unmarried girls using splinters (chips). The word "гадание" means "fortune-telling", while the expression "на лучинах" means "using splinters" (chips).
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Mari_aka_Shkoda
: i think it's the best variant, optimal both in meaning and form
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Rachel Douglas
: With "fortune-telling." Better write "wood chips" or, more descriptively, "wooden sticks" - so that the reader won't think it's poker chips or potato chips.
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Henry Schroeder
United States
United States
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Specializes in field
United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
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birch bark empyromancy
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Jim Tucker (X)
: This is right if the chips actually get burned, as your link suggests.
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Judith Hehir
United States
United States
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Specializes in field
United States
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divination by means of wood chips
Hence the expression "Let the chips fall where they may."
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=divination wood chips&b...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=divination by means of ...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=divination wood chips&b...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=divination by means of ...
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27 mins
Marina Serbina
Native in Russian
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Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
chipmancy
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-07 13:13:50 GMT)
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-mancy 1> в сложных словах с греч. корнями имеет значение: гадание _Ex: chiromancy хиромантия _Ex: ornithomancy предсказание по полету и крику птиц
Например ichthyomancy - гадание на внутренностях рыб
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-07 13:13:50 GMT)
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-mancy 1> в сложных словах с греч. корнями имеет значение: гадание _Ex: chiromancy хиромантия _Ex: ornithomancy предсказание по полету и крику птиц
Например ichthyomancy - гадание на внутренностях рыб
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Rinnel
: actually such word does'nt exist (or both parts of the word should have a Greek origin, for example - xilomancy - divination by means of wood )
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Это - Мультитран. Почему бы нет? предложите свой вариант.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: With the "-mancy" suffix, the prefix generally has to be a Greek one, not a native English one (as in all your other examples). "Chipmancy" would be alright as a humorous variant.
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Xylomancy
just a scientific term:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xylomancy
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Note added at 3 h (2009-10-07 14:20:12 GMT)
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http://www.occultopedia.com/x/xylomancy.htm
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Note added at 3 h (2009-10-07 14:21:56 GMT)
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/xylomancy
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xylomancy
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Note added at 3 h (2009-10-07 14:20:12 GMT)
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http://www.occultopedia.com/x/xylomancy.htm
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Note added at 3 h (2009-10-07 14:21:56 GMT)
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/xylomancy
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Jim Tucker (X)
: Yes this is absolutely an alternative.
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Thank You !
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