Saturday, August 24, 2013

Dolphin

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

clay < silt < sand < gravel < cobble < boulder


English: sand

German: Sand

Dutch: zand

Italian: sabbia

French: sable

Spanish: arena

Arabic: [raml] رمل

Hindi: रेत [ret]

Russion песок

Japanese: 砂 (すな) [suna]

Chinese: 沙 [sha]

Korean: 모래 [more]



Friday, August 23, 2013

Summary "bridge"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page
Here is a summary of words meaning "bridge."

-- b --

English: bridge

Scots: Brig

German: Brücke

Dutch: brug

Afrikaans: brug

Swedish: Bro

Danish: bro

Norwegian: bru/bro

Sesotho: Borokho

Setswana: Borogo

Gilbertese: Buri'ti


-- p --

French: pont

Welsh: pont

Catalan: pont

Breton : pont

Ticinées: poont

Italian: ponte

Portuguese: ponte

Spanish: puente

Esperanto: ponto

Seychellois creole: pon

Latin: Pons

Cornish: pons

Hindi: पुल [pula]

urdu: پل [pul]

Dari Persian: pul

Persian: pol

Tamil: Palam

-- t --

Malagasy : tetezana

Kapampangan: Tete

Latvian: tilts

chamorro: tollai

Tagalog : tulay

manipuri: thong


-- d --

Irish: Droichead

Gaelic: drochaid

Manx: droghad [drɔxəd]

Korean: 다리 [dari]

-- k/g --

Turkish: Köprü

Azerbaijan: korpu

Kyrgyz : копуро [kopuro]

Georgian: ხიდი [khidi]

Ancient Greek: Γέφυρα ['gefyra]


-- q/c/ch

Quechua: Chaka

Chinese: 桥/橋[Qiáo]

Vietnamese: cầu (橋 )


-- j --

Indonesian : Jembatan

Arabic: جسر [jisr]

-- h --

Hungarian: híd

Japanese: 橋 (はし) [hashi]

-- m --

Czech: most

Russion: мост

Serbian: мост/most

-- y --

Modern greek : γέφυρα [ˈʝɛ.fi.ɾa]

-- r --

Usik : Ribno

-- i --

Kirundi: Ikiraro






Thursday, August 22, 2013

Summary "flower"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page,
here is a summary of words meaning "flower."


-- FL --

English: flower

French: fleur

Spanish: flor

Portuguese: flor

Morisyen: Fler

Most Occitan: flor [flu], [flur]

Latin: FLOS

-- F --

Italian: fiore

lumbard: fiùr

Lingala: fololo

Awadhi: फूल fool فول

cantonese: Fa

-- HL --

Gascon hlor

Gascon Occitan: hlor [hlu].

-- BL --

Gol: blath

Gaeilge(Irish): Bláth

German: Blume

Dutch: bloem

Afrikaans: Blom

Swedish: Blomma

Norwegian: blomst

Cebuano: bulak

--B --

Khmer: បុប្ផា Bopha

Indonesian: bunga

Vietnamese : bông

Boro: bibar

-- T/TS/C --

sicilian: ciure

Russion цветок

Bulgarian: цвете [tsvete]

Serbian: cvet/цвет [tsvet]

Turkish: çiiçek

Kadazandusun: tusak

Mongolian: цэцэг - [ˈt͡sit͡sɪk]

-- Z --

Arabic: زهرة [zahra]

-- K --

Korean: 꽃 [kot]

Polish: kwiat

Java : kembang

-- L --

Basque lore, lili
("lore" comes from Latin FLOREM)

Modern Greek: λουλούδι [lu'luði]

Estonian: Lill

-- G --

Persian: [gol] گل

Uzbek: Gul

Kyrgyz. Гул [gul]

Kazakh: Gül

Lithuanian: Gele

Tsez: гагали [ga'galɪ]

-- H --

Chinese: 花 [Huā]

Vietnamese : hoa

Japanese: 花 (はな) [hana]

-- P --

Khmer: ផ្កា [Phka]

Hindi and Bhojpuri: फूल [Phool]

Urdu: Phool

Bengali: ফুল [Phool]

sesotho: Palesa

Latvian: Puke

Sanskrit: pushpa

Kerala: poov,

Hindi: pushpak.

Tamil: பூ [Pū]

-- S --

Kapampangan: sampaga

Setswana: Sethunya

Javanese: sekar

Genoese: scjôa ['ʃu:a], plural scjoî ['ʃwi:]

-- V --

Hungarian: virág

malagasy: voninkazo

-- K --

Petya Kundurjieva

Javanese: kembang

Indonesian: kembang

Polish: kwiat

-- M --

Swahili: mauwa

Dhivehi: maa / mau

-- I --

kikuyu: ihua

Kirundi: Ishurwe.

-- A --

Modern Greek: άνθος ['anθos]

Ethiopia Amharic :abeba

-- U --

Somali : ubax

Gilbertese: Ue


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Let's cross the bridge when ...

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

"Let's cross the bridge when we come to it." means
"Let's not worry about what has not happened yet."

English: bridge

German: Brücke

Dutch: brug

French: pont

Italian: ponte

Spanish: puente

Japanese: 橋 (はし) [hashi]

Chinese: 桥/橋[Qiáo]

Korean: 다리 [tali]

Arabic: جسر [jisr]

Russion: мост

Hindi: पुल   [pula]


Saturday, August 10, 2013

Little airy happiness

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

One of those that makes me happy.

English: flower

French: fleur

Spanish: flor

Italian: fiore

Chinese: 花[Huā]

Japanese: 花 (はな) [hana]

German: Blume

Dutch: bloem

Russion цветок

Arabic: زهرة [zuhra]

Korean: 꽃 [kot]









Thursday, August 8, 2013

A little bit explanation

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.


Here is an explanation for the previous post on July 27

If you cut a square by a straight line, you will get:

two rectangles;

two triangles;

two trapezoids;

one triangle and one trapezoid; or

one triangle and one pentagon.