Monday, December 30, 2013

Summary "sea, mar, and hai (海)"

Here is a summary of words meaning "ship."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- m --

Welsh: môr

Breton: ar mor

Russian: море

Serbian: more

old Gallic: more

Slovak: mora/more

Bosnian: more

Czech: moře

Slovene: morje

Polish: morze

Portuguese: mar

Spanish: mar

Langue d'Oc: la mar

Rumantsch: la mar

Italian: mare

Romanian: marea (mare)

Corsican: mari

Esperanto: maro [ˈmaro]

French: mer

Kreol Morisyen: lamer

Usik (conlang): mer

German: Meer [meːɐ̯]

Alsatian: s' Mèèr

Belis (conlang): mani

Finnish: meri [ˈmeri]

Estonian: meri

Irish: muir (ocean, old word)

Scottish Gaelic: muir

-- b --

Korean: 바다 [bada]

Somali: badda

Arabic: بحر[bahr(un)]

Maltese: baħar

Afganistan: Bahr

Swahili: bahari

Vietnamese: Biển

Klingon(Star Trek): bIQ'a' [bɪq͡χˈʔɑʔ]

-- z --

Georgian: ზღვა [zghwa/zghva]

Dutch: zee

-- s --

English: sea

Afrikaans: see

Frisian: see

Danish: sø

Hindi:  समुद्[samdra]/ समुंदर [samundar]

Urdu: samundar

Indonesian: samudra (ocean)

Malayalam: സമുദ്രം[samudram]

Telugu: samudram, sagaram

Bengali: সমুদ্র [shomudro]

Khmer សមុទ [sàk mort/sámort]

Thai: สมุทร[sà mùt]

Lao: samoot (ocean)

Bengali: সাগর [sagar]

Assamese: sagar

Hindi: sagar

Javanese: segara

Malayalam: സാഗരം[saagaram]

Faroese: sjógvur

-- t --

Hungarian: tenger [ˈtɛnɡɛr]

Thai: ทะเล [tʰáleː]

Lao: tarle

-- th --

Greek: θάλασσα [thálassa]

-- d --

Turkish : deniz

Azerbaijani: deniz

Uzbek : dengiz

Filipino: dagat

Cebuano: dagat

tagalog: dagat

Hiligaynon: dagat

Farsi: دريا [darya]

-- h --

Danish: Hav [haw]

Faroese: hav

Chinese: 海 [hǎi]

Nahuat(Mexico): huey atl

-- k --

Kannada: Kadalu

Malayalam: കടല്‍ [kadal]

Tamil: kadal

Hawaiian: Ke kai

-- g --

Wolof(senegal): gueth

-- u --

Dargi (Sanzhi dialect): урхьу ['urxu]

Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]

-- f --

Irish/Gaeilge: farraige

-- l --

Malay: laut

Indonesian: laut

-- r --

Tsez: ралъад / raład [rɑˈɬɑd]

-- y --

Hebrew: ים [yam]

Latvian: jūra

Lithuanian: jūra

-- i --

Nahuat: ilhuicaatle

-- a --

Irish/Gaeilge: aigean (ocean)

Armăneashce: amare

-- w --

Nahuat(El Salvador): wey at





Thursday, December 26, 2013

Summary "ship"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

Here is a summary of words meaning "ship."

-- s/sh --

English: ship

Dutch: schip

Norwegian: skip [ʃip]

Afrikaans: skip

Danish: skib

German: Schiff

Alsatian : s' Schiff

Old Italian: schifo

Polish: statek

Esperanto: ŝipo ['ʃipo]
                                     
Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]

Hebrew:  ספינה [sfina]

-- n --

Rumantsch: la nav

Italian: nave

French: navire

Langue d'oc: naviri

Portuguese: navio

Romanian: nava (navă)
     
Langue d'Oc : la nau

Usik(conlang): Nabi

-- b --
   
Spanish: barco

Czech: bárka

Slovene: barka (small one)

Filipino: barko

French: bateau

Kreol Morisyen: Bato
           
Corsican: batéllu

Breton: batimant

Breton: bag
               
Korean: 배 [bae]

Klingon (Star Trek): bIQ Duj [bɪq͡χ ɖuʤ]

-- v --

Maltese: vapur

Breton : ar vag

-- p --

Greek: πλοίο ['plio]

-- m --
                                   
Swahili: meli

Arabic: مركب‎

Somali: markab (dooni (small))

-- k --

Russian: корабль

Indonesia: kapal (kapal laut)

Greek: καραβι

malayalam: കപ്പല്‍

Tamil: கப்பல[: kʌ'p]

Dari: کشتی [keshti]

-- g --

Cornish: gorhel

Tsez: гама [ɡama]

Turkish: gemi

Hausa: girgin ruwa

-- ch --
                                   
Chinese: 船 [chuán]

Shona (Zimbabwean): chikepe

-- j --
   
Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]

Bhojpuri: जहाज [jahāz]

-- h --

Hungarian: hajó [hˈɑjoː]

Hawaiian: he moku

Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]     

-- u --

Bemba:  ubwato

SiSwati: umkhumbi

-- o --

Basque: ontzia(vessel)/itsasontzia(sea-vessel)

Hebrew: אוניה [onniya]

-- l --

Irish: long

Scottish Gaelic: long

Welsh: llong

Czech: loď

Slovak: loď

Finnish: laiva

Slovene: ladja (big one)

-- r --

Thai: เรือ [rɯ:a]






Monday, December 23, 2013

Sea, mar, and hai (海)

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

Huge, enormous and immense.

Where the moon rises, and where the sun sets.

Portuguese: mar

Spanish: mar

French: mer

German: Meer

Dutch: zee

English: sea

Hindi: समुद [samudra]

Chinese: 海 [hǎi]

Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]

Korean: 바다 [bada]

Arabic: بحر [bahr(un)]

Swahili: bahari





Sunday, December 22, 2013

On the water

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The best way to take a leisurely trip.

English: ship

Dutch: schip

German: Schiff

Italian: nave

French: navire

Portuguese: navio

Spanish: barco

Korean: 배 [bae]

Swahili: meli

Russian: корабль

Chinese: 船 [chuán]

Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]

Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]

Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]     





Thursday, December 19, 2013

Summary "tower"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

Here is a summary of words meaning "tower."

-- t --

English: tower

Irish: túr

Scottish Gaelic: tùr

Breton : tour

French: tour

Kreol Morisyen: tour

Scots: toor

Sesotho: tora

Corsican: Torra

Italian: torre

Spanish: torre

Portuguese: torre

Scots: Touer

Langue d'Oc: tourre

Catalan: torre

Tagalog: tore

Dutch: toren

Romanian: turn

Icelandic: turn [tʰʏrtn̥]

Hungarian: torony [tˈoroɲ]

Finnish: torni [tˈornɪ]

Swedish: torn [tʰʊɳ]

Danish: tårn [tˢɒːˀn]

Afrikaans: toring

German: Turm

Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]

Chinese: 塔 [tǎ]

Cantonese: 塔 [tap3]

Vietnamese: tháp (塔)

Korean: 탑 [tab]

-- d --

Alsatian: Durm

-- m --

Hindi: मीनार [minar]

Swahili: mnara

Romani: minar

Urdu: مینار [minar]

Bahasa Indonesia: menara

Malaysian: menara

Hebrew: migdal

-- b --

Russian: башня

Ukrainian: башта [bášta]

Czech: bašta

Arabic: برج [burj(u)]

-- v --

Ukrainian: вежа [véža]

Slovak: veža

Czech: věž

-- w --

Old East Slavic: вѣжа [wiéža]

Polish/Polski: Wieża

-- p --

Greek: Πύργος

-- k --

Turkish: kule

Serbo-Croatian: Kula [kǔːla]

Georgian: კოშკი [k'oshk'i]

Old East Slavic: костьлъ [kóstĭlŭ]

-- h --

Thai: หอคอย

-- g --

malayalam: ഗോപുരം [gopuram]

-- s --

Old East Slavic: стълпъ [stŭlpŭ]

Slovenian: stolp

-- z --

Old East Slavic: забороло [zaborólo]

-- ts --

Mongolian: цамхаг

-- a --

Armenian: աշտարակ [ashtarak]

-- u --

Kirundi: umunara




Saturday, December 14, 2013

From ancient times

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

What men have built here and there,  and people have looked up and climbed.

English: tower

Italian: torre

Dutch: toren

Spanish: torre

German: Turm

French: tour

Portuguese: torre

Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]

Chinese: 塔  [tǎ]
 
Korean: 탑[tab]

Hindi: मीनार   [ Mīnāra]

Swahili: mnara

Russian: башня

Arabic: برج [burju]


Saturday, December 7, 2013

Quiz

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

????? bulb

candle ?????

????? emitting diode

traffic ?????

Now you know what it is.


 Hindi: प्रकाश [prkash]

 Chinese: 光[guāng]

 Italian: luce

 Dutch: licht

 English: light
 
 German: Licht

 Spanish: luz

 Portuguese: luz

 French: lumière

 Russian: свет

 Korean: 조명 [jomyeong] / 빛 [bich]

 Arabic: إضاءة[ida'a]

 Japanese: 光(ひかり) [hikari] / 明かり[akari]

 Swahili: mwanga