Talk:rice

Etymology

It was noted to editors, in the etymological dictionary that has been excised from Wikipedia, that this word is not of Tamil origin. Uncle G 11:27, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It cannot even be; Tamil didn't even exist in the Vedic period, when the word is first attested in Sanskrit, i. e., (Old) Indo-Aryan (= Indic): as can be gleaned from the source I gave, Tamil only formed later – and in the Vedic period, what did exist was a forerunner of Tamil, the South Dravidian parent language, which is, however, also the precursor of various other Dravidian languages, and was moreover spoken too far south to be in direct contact with Indo-Aryan. Only other early (non-South) Dravidian languages were in contact with Indo-Aryan at the time, and the contact in fact only started after the oldest texts in Vedic Sanskrit were composed, as the oldest texts lack clear Dravidian borrowings, per Witzel. Beware of anachronisms when speaking about a period 3000 years ago, i. e., in the Late Bronze Age. Modern ethnicities and languages did not exist at the time yet. --Florian Blaschke 18:15, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

rice

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Rfv-sense: "To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state." Never heard of it. DTLHS (talk) 20:48, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Hope that doesn't have any association with Condoleezza Rice :\ Leasnam (talk) 20:52, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Been on our premises since Nov 1, 2008, ie, just before a US election, sole contribution of User:Riverrafter. Highly likely that it had a political purpose,however implausible the possible help to the contributor's favored side. DCDuring TALK 22:22, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Not in OED (surprise, surprise). — SMUconlaw (talk) 12:44, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Failed. — SMUconlaw (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

What is the etymology of "rice" as customising a computer system?

Equinox ◑ 18:14, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

I suppose it's related to ricer, relating to customising cars...? Can this verb apply to cars too, then? Can you rice a car? Equinox ◑ 21:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Regarding the twig sense

We also have the form rise. Chambers 1908 further defines rise as not only "a twig" but "a small bush". Equinox ◑ 21:31, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Wanderword etymology

Now that I read this is possibly a Wanderwort, can the word somehow related to Vietnamese "lúa", which was descended from Proto-Vietic *ʔa-lɔːʔ?