Friday, August 23, 2013

Summary "bridge"

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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






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