Saturday, November 30, 2013

Summary "language"

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

-- l --

Portuguese: língua (linguagem, fala, idioma)    
                                 
English: language    
                                 
Italian: lingua (linguaggio)
                                 
French: langue    

Spanish: lengua (lenguaje)

Catalan: llengua

Vannetais Breton: langaj
   
Arabic: لغة [luga(tun)]    
                                 
Swahili: lugha    

Usik: lan

Breton: ar langaj

Esperanto: lingvo

Langue d'Oc: la lengo (often [lìngo])

Hebrew: la'ashon

Wolof: laka

Romanian: limbă

-- b --
   
Hindi: भाषा [bhāṣā]    

Indonesian: bahasa

Malayalam: ഭാഷ  [bhaasha]

Malay: bahasa

Telugu: basha

Banyumasan: basa

Sundanese: basa

Javanese: basa [bõsõ]

Balinese: basa [ba:seh]

Panjabi: ਬੋਲੀ

-- p --

Thai : pah sar

Sotho: puo

-- t --
   
Dutch: taal    

West-Frisian: taal

Afrikaans: taal

Cornish: tavas (tongue)

Irish: teanga [tjong-ga]

Donegal Irish: teangaidh

Nahuatl: tlahtōlli [t͡ɬaʰ.ˈtoːl.l]

Mayan: t'aan

-- d --

Turkish: dil

-- s --
                                 
German: Sprache    

Swedish: språk

Norwegian: språk

Alsatian : d'Sprooch

-- z --

Dari: زبان [zaban]

Farsi: zaban

Urdu: zabaan

-- j --

Macedonian: јазик [jazik]

Albanian: gjuha

-- i/y --

Welsh: iaith
       
Spanish: idioma    

Portuguese: idioma

Kirundi: imvugo
   
Russian: язык    

Polish: język

Bosnian: jezik

Serbian: језик

Slovene: jezik

Cornish: yeth

Chinese: 语言/語言 [yǔ yán]  

-- e --

Georgian: ენა [ena]

Bulgarian: език [ezik]

-- k/c --

Scottish Gaelic: cànan

Lithuanian: kalba

Wolof: kalama

Finnish: kieli

Estonian: keel

-- g --

Greek: γλώσσα [glóssa]
   
Japanese: 言語(げんご)[gengo] 

-- n --

Old Tupi: nhe'enga

Vietnamese: ngon ngu

Hungarian: nyelv

-- m --

Lingala: monoko (also mouth)

Ukrainian: мова

Nyandja: mutundu

Chewa: mutundu

Shona: mutauro

-- a --

Kapampangan: amanung sisuan (mother language)

-- o --
   
Korean: 언어[eon eo]    

Zulu: olimi (tongue)

-- w --

Tagalog: wika

-- f --

Portuguese: fala

-- r --

Maori: reo

Bodo: Raao

Shona: rurimi

-- p --

Thai: ภาษา [pha sar]




Saturday, November 16, 2013

Love difference

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

So fascinating.

Portuguese: língua

English: language

Italian: lingua

French: langue

Arabic: لغة [luga(tun)]

Swahili: lugha

Hindi: भाषा [bhāṣā]

Dutch: taal

German: Sprache

Spanish: idioma

Russian: язык

Korean: 언어[eon eo]

Chinese: 语言/語言 [yǔ yán]

Japanese: 言語(げんご)[gengo]






Friday, November 15, 2013

Summary "Life"

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

-- l --

English: life

Dutch: leven

Afrikaans.: lewe

German: Leben

-- v --

Spanish: vida

Portuguese: vida

Italian: vita

French: vie

Romanian: viață

-- b --

Usik: Bis

Greek: βίος [bios]

Welsh: bywyd (masc.) ['bəwɪd]

Vannetais Breton: buhé

Tabalog: buhay

Lingala: bomoyi

Setswana: Botshelo

Irish: beatha
(a concept...as that which separates living things from dead or inanimate things)

Scottish Gaelic: beatha
(a concept)

Iloko: Biag

-- p --

Iloko: Panagbiag

-- j --
Russian: жизнь

Ukrainian: життя

Hindi: जीवन [jīvana]

Malayalam: ജീവിതം [jeevitham]

Japanese: 人生(じんせい) [jinsei]

Angloromani: jiaben

-- z --

Urdu: ذندگی [zindgi]

Dari: زندگی

Greek: ζωή [zoe]

Croatian: život

-- ch --

ไทย (Thai) : ชีวิต [chīwit]

-- s --

Irish: saol
(one's existence)

Scottish Gaelic: saoghal
(one's existence)

-- sh --
Chinese: 生活/生活 [shēnghuó]

Chinese: 生命 [sheng ming]

-- i --

Korean: 인생 [insaeng]

Japanese: 命(いのち) [inochi]

-- y --

Nahuatl: Yolli
-- u --

Chewa: umoyo

Bemba: ubumi

Kirundi: ubuzima

-- h --

Arabic: حياة [hayat]

Azerbaijan: Heyat

Shona : Hupenyu

Welsh: hoedl
(one's existence)

Malay: hidup
(We life in this world is to worship God.)

-- k --

Quechua: Kawsay

Hawaiian: Ke ola

Vietnamese: cuộc đời (局𠁀), cuộc sống (局𤯨)

-- m --
Swahili: maisha

Angloromani: merripen

-- n --

Malay: nyawa
(Your life is in my hand. I can stab you anytime!)

-- d --

Vietnamese: đời (𠁀), đời sống (𠁀𤯨)

-- a --

Egyptian: ☥

-- e --

Hungarian: élet





Saturday, November 9, 2013

Ordinary day

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

Just an ordinary day again.

Perhaps life is a collection of ordinary days.

To relish my one and only life,

maybe I have to commit to something every ordinary day,

or I have to cherish small things in an ordinary day.


English: life

Dutch: leven

German: Leben

Spanish: vida

Portuguese: vida

Italian: vita

French: vie

Russian: жизнь

Hindi: जीवन [jīvana]

Chinese: 生活/生活 [shēnghuó]

Japanese: 人生 (じんせい) [jinsei]

Korean: 인생 [insaeng]

Arabic: حياة [hayat]

Swahili: maisha



Monday, November 4, 2013

Summary "seasons"

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

-- s --
                         
English: seasons

Dutch: seizoenen

Afrikaans: seisone
               
French: saisons

Italian: stagioni

rumantsch : las stagiuns

auvergnat (langues d'oc) : lei sazous

provençal (langues d'oc) : li sesoun

cévenol (langues d'oc) : las sasous

gascon (langues d'oc) : erai sasous

-- c (s) --

Russian: cезона

-- e --
                                   
Spanish: estaciones

Catalan: estacions [esta'sions]

hungarian: évszakok

-- h --

breton : ar hourz (the season)

-- a --

breton : ar pewar-amzer (the four times)

swedish: årstiderna

romanian : anotimpurile

-- m --

Hindi: मौसमों[mausam]
                                   
Arabic: مواسم [mawasim]
                                   
Swahili: misimu

Indonesian: musim

Kyrgyz: мезгил [mezgil]

-- j (y) --
   
German: Jahreszeiten

alsatian : d'Johrszite

-- j (ch)--
                                   
Chinese: 季节/季節 [jìjié]

-- t --
                                   
Portuguese: temporadas

-- g/k --

Croatian: godišnja doba
   
Korean: 계절 [gyejeol]

Japanese: 季節(きせつ)[kisetsu]

-- r --

Malayalam: ഋതുക്കള്‍ [hrtukkal]

Sanskrit : ऋत ु[ritu/hrutu]

Irish: ráithí

-- f --

Dari:  فصل

-- y(u) --

Mongolian: улирлууд [ulirlud]