"hoodie" in Russian

[Tatyana Buzina]

I don't presume to pronounce anything on baby-slings (although "kengurushka" seems the more wide-spread term here), but kenguriatnik (kengurina) is also a front bumper protector for SUVs. Just too many different things named after the same animal, if you ask me :).

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>On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:36 AM, Steve Marder wrote:
>
>>
>> Quite true, although it's important to point out that "kengurushka" 
>> also (if not primarily) serves to denote "baby sling."
>>
>
>This could be just an isolated usage, but my friends in Vladivostok 
>used the term "kenguryatnik" to denote a baby sling (and possibly 
>snugli).
>
>Emily Saunders
>
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