According to Wikipedia, 33 is:
- the largest positive integer that can not be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers.
- the atomic number of arsenic
- the “smile to the camera” word in Spanish, as is “cheese” in English. Diga treinta y tres (“Say thirty-three”) is the same as “Say cheese”
- a recurring, important number to the Freemasons, used often in their sacred rituals
33 was also:
- Jesus‘ alleged age at his crucifixion in 33 A.D. (historically unverified)
- The age of Alexander the Great when he died
For the sake of amusement, here are Biblical references:
- Genesis 33, Exodus 33, Numbers 33, Deuteronomy 33, 2 Chronicles 33, Job 33, Psalm 33, Isaiah 33, Jeremiah 33, Ezekiel 33
And from Islamic Holy Q’uran:
33 in 69 languages, in order of complexity, highest to lowest (from A Playground of Thoughts):
- Huli: ngui ki, ngui tebone-gonaga tebira
- Ndom: tondor abo mer an thef abo ithin
- Nimbia: gume bi ni tanran
- Hindi: tayntees
- Tzotzil: ‘ox lajuneb xcha’-vinik
- Ainu: rep ikasma wanpe etu hotnep
- Alamblak: yima yohtti tir hosfi hosfirpat
- Nahuatl: cem-pöhualli-om-mahtlactli-om-ëyi
- Malagasy: telo amby telopolo
- Yoruba: metalelogbon
- Welsh (Traditional): tri ar ddeg ar hugain
- Breton: tri / teir ha tregont
- Manx: tree-jeig as feed
- Scots Gaelic: trì deug air fhichead
- Georgian: otsdatsamet’i
- Danish: treogtredive
- Javanese: telung puluh telu
- Latin: tr?gint? tr?s
- French: trente-trois
- Zulu: amashumi amathathu nantathu
- Basque: hogei ta hamairu
- Arabic: thalâthata wa thalâthûn (masculine), thalâth wa thalâthûn (feminine)
- Ganda: amakumi asatu mu ssatu
- Maltese: tlieta u tletin
- Assyrian: klaay-‘td’laa
- Kurmanji: sî û sisê
- Dutch: drieendertig
- German: dreiunddreißig
- Swahili: thelathini na tatu
- Ojibwa: nisimidana ashi niswi
- Italian: trentatré
- Spanish: treinta y tres
- Swiss French: trente-trois
- Tigrinya: selasan-selesten
- Turkish: otuz üç
- Balkan Romani: tránda-te-trin
- Hungarian: harminchárom
- Tagalog: tatlumpu’t tatlo
- Polari: trey dacha and trey
- Scots: thertie three
- English: thirty-three
- Norwegian: trettitre
- Swedish: trettiotre
- Sukuma: makumiadatu na idatu
- Hawaiian: kanakoluk?m?kolu
- Finnish: kolmekymmentäkolme
- Estonian: kolmkümmend kolm
- Romanian: treizeci ?i trei
- Ancient Japanese: misodi amari mitu (ancient), misoji amari mittsu (modern)
- Kiribati: tenibwi ma tenua
- Wolof: ñetta fukka ak ñetta
- Croatian: trideset-tri
- Seneca: së niwashê së
- Indonesian: tiga puluh tiga
- Mandinka: ta? saba ni? saba
- Wu Chinese: ??? sezhekse
- Tok Pisin: tripela ten tri
- Vietnamese: ba mu’o’i ba
- Igbo: iri ato. na ato.
- Thai: s?hm sìp s?hm
- Welsh (Modern): tri deg tri
- Aymara: kimsa-tunka-kimsani
- Cuzco Quechua: kinsa chunka kinsa-yoq
- Chinook Wawa: klone tahtlum pe klone
- Mandarin: ??? s?nshi s?n
- Japanese: ??? sanjû san
- Cantonese: ??? saam1sap6saam1 (Cantonese has six tones, and they are given by numbers after syllables. The tone number means: 1 – high level, 2 – high rising, 3 – middle level, 4 – low falling, 5 – low rising, and 6 – low level.)
- Esperanto: tridek tri
- Tongan: tolu tolu
Blogger Gene Smith has a list of 33 things on his blog, Atomiq.
The Tr?yastri??a, or the Heaven of Thirty Three Gods, is referenced in Buddhist Cosmology.
Today is World Vegan Day, the Day of the Dead (Día de Los Muertos), Samhain Day, and All Saints’ Day.
Can you guess anything else about this day?
Posted: November 1st, 2006
Categories: blog, culture
Tags: blog, culture, history, languages, linguistics, personal
Comments: 12 Comments.
Categories: blog, culture
Tags: blog, culture, history, languages, linguistics, personal
Comments: 12 Comments.