Saturday, January 25, 2014

Summary "Plane, avión, and Flugzeug"

Here is a summary of words meaning "plane."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- a --

Italian: aereo

Catalan: aeronau

Welsh/Cymraeg: awyren

Greek: αεροπλάνο [aeroplano]

English: airplane/aeroplane

Spanish: aeroplano

Maltese: ajruplan

Tagalog: aeroplano

Langue d'Oc: un aerouplano

Portuguese: avião

Corsican:aviò

Catalan: avió

Spanish: avión

French: avion

Kreol Morisyen: avyon

Romanian: un avion

Serbian: avion/авио

Bosnian: avion

Vannetais Breton: avïon

Langue d'Oc: un avioun

Esperanto: aviadilo

- i --

Sc. Gaelic: itealan [eetch-ah-lun]

-- e --

Irish: eitleán

-- u --

Turkish: uçak (derived from verb meaning "to fly")

-- f/v --

German: Flugzeug (fly stuff)

Alsatian (north): e Fliejer (m)

Alsatian (south): a Flugzig (n)
 
Dutch: vliegtuig

Afrikaans:vliegtuig

Swedish: ett flygplan

Faroese: flogfar

Danish: flyvemaskine [ˈfl̥yːʊmaˌsɡ̊iːnə](flying machine)

Danish: fly [fl̥yːˀ]

Danish: flyver [fl̥ywɐ]

Chinese: 飞机/飛機 [fēijī] (fly machine)

Vietnamese: phi cơ (飛機) (fly machine)

Kannada: vimaana

Malayalam: വിമാനം [vimaanam]

-- p/b --

English: plane

Dari: plane

Sc. Gaelic: plèana [plia-nah]

Indonesian: pesawat terbang (flying instrument/vehicle)

Malay: pesawat

Korean: 비행기 [bihaenggi]

Papua New Guinea-Balus

-- h --

Persian:  هواپیما [havapeyma] (air to cross/wander/browse)

Japanese: 飛行機(ひこうき) [hikouki] (fly go machine)

Hindi: हवाई जहाज [havā'ī jahāja]

-- s --

Russian: самолёт

Polish: samolot

Tagalog: sasakyang panghimpapawid

Angloromani: saster cheriklo (iron bird)

-- sh --

Hebrew: shamayim

-- z/j --

Croatian: zrakoplov

Urdu: جہاذ

-- l --

Slovak:lietadlo

Slovenian: letalo

Finnish: lentokone (flight machine)

Estonian: lennuk (derived from verb meaning "to fly")

Myanmar: ေလယာဥ္) [Lay-Yin]

-- r --

Hungarian: repülőgép [rˈɛpyløːɡeːp] (flying machine)

Hungarian: repülő [rˈɛpyløː] (something that flies)

-- t --

Arabic: طائرة [ta:ira(tun)]

Dari Persian: [tayara]

Georgian: თვითმფრინავი [t'vit'mp'rinavi] (self flyer/flying)

-- d --

Nauru: debarin

-- n --

Swahili: ndege

-- m --

Vietnamese: máy bay (machine fly)

Hawaiian: he mokulele

Klingon(Star Trek): muD Duj

-- k --

Thai: เครื่องบ[khrûeang bin]

Malay: kapal terbang (flying ship)

old Indonesian (40-80's): kapal terbang (flying vessel)

Breton: karr-néj (eur harr-néj)



Sunday, January 19, 2014

Plane, avión, and Flugzeug

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

When I was a child, I used to have a dream where

I just jumped and swam in the sky.  It was fun.


Italian: aereo

Spanish: avión

French: avion

Portuguese: avião

German: Flugzeug

Dutch: vliegtuig

English: plane

Korean: 비행기 [bihaenggi]

Chinese: 飞机/飛機 [fēijī]

Japanese: 飛行機(ひこうき) [hikouki]

Hindi: हवाई जहाज [havā'ī jahāja]

Russian: самолет

Swahili: ndege

Arabic: طائرة [ta:ira(tun)]







Saturday, January 11, 2014

Summary "snow, sneeuw, and neige"


Here is a summary of words meaning "snow."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- s --

Scots: snaw

English: snow

Hiligaynon: snow

Old English: snāw

Proto Germanic: snaiwaz

Gothic: snaiws

Swedish: snö [snøː]

Norwegian: snø

Danish: sne

Slovak: sneh

Czech: sníh

Icelandic: snjór

Dutch: sneeuw

Afrikaans: sneeu

Papiamento: sneu

German: Der Schnee

Alsatian: d'r Schnee

Shona: sino

Scottish Gaelic: sneachd

Scottish: sneachd

Irish: sneachta

Faroese: snjógvur [sɲjɛgvʊɹ]

Bosnian: snijeg

Polish: śnieg

Serbian: sněg

Russian: снег

Bulgarian: cняг

Ukrainian: cніг [snih]

Hebrew : sheleg

Maltese: silġ

Indonesian: salju

Malay: salji

Bahasa Melayu: Salji

-- th --

Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]

Malayalam: തുഷാര [thushaara]

Swahili: thaluji

-- t --

Vietnamese (Việt Nam): tuyết  (cf. tuyệt means 'wonderful')

Bengali: তুষার [tushar]

Georgian: თოვლი [tovli]

Aslanic (conlang): cnëk [tʃnɛkʰ]

-- d --

Armenian:  ձյուն [dzyun]

-- n --

French: neige

Haitian Creol: Lanèj

Esperanto: neĝo (negxo / negho)

Usik (conlang): nej

Franco-Provencal: nêf

Italian: neve

Portuguese: neve

Corsican: neve

Spanish: nieve

Chavacano: nieve

Ido (conlang): nivo

Filipino: niyebe

Tagalog: niyebe

Latin: nix

Romanian: ninsoare

Korean: 눈 [nun]

-- l --

Finnish: lumi

Estonian: lumi

Kreol Morisyen: lanez

-- r --

Quechua: rit'i

-- m --

Malayalam: മഞ്ഞ്  [mʌˈɲʊ]

Telugu: manchu

-- b --

Hindi: बर्फ[barpha]

Persian: برف [barf]

Urdu: برف

Kurdish Sorani: bahfr

Maltese: borra

Tagalog: busilak

-- p --

Tamil: பனி  [pani]

Khmer: ព្រ [prerl]

-- h --

Malayalam: ഹിമം [himam]

Sanskrit: हिम [hima]

Thai : หิมะ[hìʔ mʔ]

Hungarian: hó

Greek: χιόνι[hjOnee]

Maori: huka

Maori: hukapapa (on the ground)

Maori: hukarere (in the air)

-- k --

Turkish: kar

Kazakh: kar

Kyrgyz: кар [kar]

Aymara: khunu

Faroese:S kavi

-- y --

Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]

Tagalog: yelo

-- e --

Welsh: eira

Basque: elur

Breton: erc'h

Vannetais Breton: erh

Cornish: ergh

-- a --

Inuktitut: ᐊᐳᑦ [aput]








Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Snow, sneeuw, and neige

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

Wishing you a wonderful new year of peace and happiness

English: snow

Dutch: sneeuw

German: Schnee

Russian: снег

French: neige

Spanish: nieve

Italian: neve

Portugese: neve

Korean: 눈 [nun]

Chinese: 雪 [xuě]

Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]

Hindi: बर्फ[ barpha]

Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]

Swahili: thaluji