Forum:Kawaii

The wonders of memes travelling the world... If you could only IMAGINE what Russians do with the word "kawaii".

It has been turned into "kavaj" and that is used as a root. In Russian grammar. The fact that Russian has no exact word for "cute" helped. So now, "kavajnaja nyashka" is far from the worst :)

That particular phrase, "kavajnaja nyashka", just means someone or something extremely cute, usually in a mood of light humour. No particular link to cats, despite the nya. A cute catgirl would be "kavajnaja neka". Note the "a" instead of "o", because a Russian female-gender word usually ends with -a.

It's not some Russian evil - just a global process that works in all directions. Words like "cosplay" were made like that. Oh by the way, THAT word made it into Russian and was mangled too, resulting in "kospleyit" ("to cosplay", Russian grammar).

Really I wrote this to test forum functionality. Try replying!

Saruta 03:06, February 17, 2012 (UTC)