Sunday, June 29, 2014

Summary "Grass, erba, and pul"


Here is a summary of words meaning "grass."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- h --

Arabic: حٌَشِيش [hashish]

Maltese: ħaxix

French: herbe

Franco-Provencal: Hérba

Valencian-Catalan: herba

Latin: herba

Catalan: herba

Spanish: hierba

-- e --

Italian: erba

Corsican: erba

langue d'oc: èrba

-- a --

Corsican: arba, arbi

-- i --

Rwandese: ibinyantsi

Kirundi: Ivyatsi

-- y --

Aure Gascon: yèrbo

Lao: ຫຍ້າ[yar]

Vannetais Breton: iaut [jo:t]

-- o --

Turkish: ot

-- u --

Arabic:  عُشٌْْبٌ  ['ushbun]

-- g --

Dutch: gras

English: grass

German: Gras

Afrikaans: gras

Alsatian: s' Grààs

Icelandic: gras

Danish: Græs

Welsh: glaswellt (blue/green straw)

Breton: geot

West-Frisian: gers (n)

Catalan: gespa (lawn)

Nepali: Ghaas

Hindi:  घास   [ghāsa]

Bengali: ঘাস [ghās]

Odia (india): ghasa

Greek: γρασίδι

Latin: gramen

Portuguese: grama

Mexican Spanish: grama (rare)

-- k --

Japanese: 草(くさ)[kusa]

Latin: cespes

Latin: cacumen

-- f --

Irish: féar

Scottish Gaelic: feur

Hungarian: fű

-- s/sh --

Kadazandusun (north borneo): sakot

Cebuano: sagbot

Javanese: suket

Mexican Spanish:  cesped

Kazakh: Sheop

-- z --

Latvian: zāle

Lithuanian : žole

Mexican Spanish: zacate

kreyol Haiti: zèb

-- j --

Sundanese: jukut

-- c/ts --

Hausa: ciyawa

Chinese: 草 [cǎo]

Cantonese: 草 [cou2]

Vietnamese: cỏ

-- t --

Russian: трава

Slovak: tráva

Czech: tráva

Bosnian: trava

Croatian: trava

Polish: trawa

Macedonian: трева [treva]

-- d --

Tagalog: damo

Kapampangan: dikút

-- r --

Malay : rumput

Indonesian: rumput

Minangkabau: rumpuik

-- n --

Swahili: nyasi

-- m --

Swahili: majani

-- p --

Korean: 풀 [pul]

Mexican Spanish: pasto (polite)

-- b --

Cebuano: Balili

Valencian-Catalan: brossa

Tsez: бих (bix)




Sunday, June 22, 2014

Grass, erba, and pul

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Homes of small creatures.

Italian: erba

French: herbe

Spanish: hierba

Dutch: gras

English: grass

German: Gras

Portuguese: grama

Hindi:  घास   [ghāsa]

Chinese: 草 [cǎo]

Russian: трава

Swahili: majani, nyasi

Korean: 풀 [pul]

Japanese: 草(くさ)[kusa]

Arabic:  عُشٌْْبٌ  ['ushbun]




Friday, June 20, 2014

Summary "fire, fuoco, and огонь"


Here is a summary of words meaning "fire."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.


-- f/v --

German: Feuer

English: fire

Filipino: fire

Norwegian: fyr

Frisian: fjoer

Esperanto: fajro

Dutch: vuur

Alsatian: s'Fihr/fino

Portuguese: fogo

Spanish: fuego

Usik (conlang): fok

Italian: fuoco

Catalan: foc

Corsican: focu

Greek: φωτιά [fo'tça]

Croatian: vatra

Bosnian: vatra

Serbian: vatra

French: feu

Franco-Provencal: fua

Thai: ไฟ [fai]

Laos: ไฟ [fai]

Cantonese: 火 [fo2]

-- h --

Armenian: հուր

Vietnamese: 火 [hoả] (used in compounds)

Chinese: 火 [huǒ]

Japanese: 火(ひ)[hi]

Armenian:հուր [hur]

Fula : heeiti

Tigrinya language: ሓዊ

-- k --

Armenian: կրակ

Ciluba: kapia

-- g --

Javanese: geni

-- b --

Korean: 불[bul]

Swedish: bål

Dutch: brand

Norwegian: brann

Alsatian: s'brännt

Faroese: brandur

Corsican: ben

Komi: Bi

-- p --

Russian: POZHAR

Hittite: pahhur

Ancient Greek πῦρ [py:r], πυρά

Kaingang: pĩ

Thai: เพลิง [plerng](flare)

-- m --

Manipuri: mei

Swahili: moto

Shona: moto

Sesotho: mollo

Zulu: mlilo

-- n --

Arabic: نَار [nar(un)]

Maltese: nar

Lebanese: nar

Kashmiri: Nar

Quechua: nina

Telugu:  నిప్పు" [nippu]

Tamil: neruppu

-- l --

Vietnamese: lửa

-- d --

Tagalog: dalab

-- t/ts --

Welsh: tân

Breton: tan [tɑ̃ː/tɑ̃]

Cornish: tan

Dusun: Tapui

Kadazan : tapui

Tupi and Guarani: tata

Nahuat: Tit

Hungarian: tűz

Mariy: Tu

Estonian: Tuli

Finnish: tuli

Ersyan: Tol

Komi: tõl (old word)

Irish: tine

Scottish Gaelic: teine

Donegal Iridh: teinidh

Malayalam: thee

Otomí: tsibi

Georgean: ცეცხლი  [tstskhli]

-- s --

Santhali: sengel

Kapampangan: Silab

Sundanese: seuneu

Basque: Su [s̺u]

Abkhaz: сущ

-- z --

Ossetic: зынг

-- a --

Azeri: alov

Tagalog: alab/apoy

Komering: apoy

Ilocano: apuy

Indonesian: api

Malay: api

Kapampangan: Apî

Ossetic: арт

Malagasy: afo

kawi: agni

Kurdish: agir

Kurdish Sorani: agir

Sanskrit: agni

Bengali: Agun

Urdu: aag

Hindi: आग [ag]

Nepali (ne-NP): आगो

Bengali: আগুন[agun]

Turkish: ateş

Latin: Ardor

Baluchi:aas

Dari:آتش

Persian: ātiş

Eugene's new conlang: āē'

-- o --

Kazakh: Ot

Turkish: od (old-fashioned)

Azeri: od, ocaq

Czech: oheň

Slovak: OHEŇ

Russian: огонь

Bulgarian: огън

Polish: ogień

Persian: оташ

Samogitian:ognės

-- u --

Lithuanian: ugnis

Assamese : জুই [ui]

Zulu: umlilo

Ikirundi: Umuriro, umucanwa, umukomezwa,

Thai:  อัคคี [uck-key]

-- e --

Faroese: Eldur

Icelandic: eldur

Swedish: eld

Norwegian: eld

Amharic: esat

-- i --

Hebrew: אש [ish]

Norwegian: ild

Danish: Ild

Latin: Ignis, Incendium




Sunday, June 15, 2014

Fire, fuoco, and огонь

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Something that made human beings different from other animals.

French: feu

German: Feuer

English: fire

Portuguese: fogo

Spanish: fuego

Italian: fuoco

Dutch: vuur, brand

Chinese: 火 [huǒ]

Japanese: 火(ひ)[hi]

Korean: 불[bul]

Swahili: moto

Arabic: نَارٌ [nar(un)]

Russian: огонь

Hindi: आग  [ag]



Saturday, June 14, 2014

Summary "bonfire, falò, and takibi"


Here is a summary of words meaning "bonfire."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.


-- f/v --

Italian: falò

Thai:  ไฟ [faii]

Swedish: våreld

Swedish: våreld

Terlan: fedan

German: Feuer

Dutch: vreugdevuur/kampvuur

Afrikaans: vuur

Usik (conlang): Fokun

Portuguese: fogueira

Spanish: fogata

Sardinian: fonchiláda

-- h --

Spanish: hoguera

-- k/g --

Chinese: 篝火 [gōuhuǒ]

Finnish: kokko

Russian: костер

Georgian: კოცონი [kotsoni]

Tshiluba : kadilu, kapia

Papiamento: kandela

Ilocano: gayebgen

Dutch: kampvuur

Slovene: kres (Kresnik = slovene prechristian god)

Swedish: kase

French: feu de joie

Thai: กองไฟ [kɔːŋ faj] (a pile of fire(wood))

Cymraeg/Welsh: coelcerth

-- b --

English: bonfire

Swahili: bonfire

Filipino: bonfire, bonpayr

Scots: banefire

Telugu: bogi manta

Nordwegian: bål

Swedish: bål, brasa

-- p --

Greek: Πυρά [pirá]

-- m --

Hebrew: מדורה [medura]

Korean: 모닥불 [modagbul]

Arabic: مَشْعَل[mash'ala(tun)]

Swahili: moto

Lingala : moto

Bemba : mulilo

-- a --

Hindi: अलाव [alāva]

Urdu: aag آگ

Dari:آتش بازی

Indonesian: Api Unggun

-- e --

Swedish: eld

-- o --

Polish: ognisko

-- u --

Kirundi: Umuriro, Umucanwa

Malay: Unggun Api

-- t --

Tagalog (Marinduque Dialect): Tap-ong

Breton: un tantad tan (a fireful of fire)

Cornish: tansys

Japanese: 焚き火(たきび) [takibi]

Azerbaijani: tonqal

Scottish/Gàidhlig: teine-aighir (teine=fire aighir = joy)

Irish: Tine chnámh

-- d --

Vietnamese: Đống lửa

Haitian Creole: dife

Kreol Morisyen: dife

-- l --

Lithuanian: laužas

German: Lagerfeuer, Leuchtfeuer

Swedish: lägereld

-- n --

Finnish: nuotio

Arabic: نار [nar]

-- s/sh --

Tagalog: Sigâ

Arabic: شُعْلَة[shu'ala(tun)]




Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Bonfire, falò, and takibi

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Watching a bonfire makes me recall the old days.

Italian: falò

French: feu de joie

German: Lagerfeuer/Leuchtfeuer

Dutch: vreugdevuur/kampvuur

Portuguese: fogueira

Spanish: fogata/hoguera

English: bonfire

Swahili: bonfire

Hindi: अलाव [alāva]

Chinese: 篝火 [gōuhuǒ]

Russian: костер

Korean: 모닥불 [modagbul]

Arabic: مَشْعَلَة [mash'ara(tun)]

Japanese: 焚き火(たきび) [takibi]




Saturday, June 7, 2014

Summary "Street, calle, and barabara"


Here is a summary of words meaning "street."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.



-- s --

English: street

Dutch: straat

Esperanto: strato

Corsican: stretta

Italian: strada

Romanian: stradă

Welsh : stryd

German: Straße

Alsatian: d' Schtroos

Gaelic: sraid (street)

Irish: Sráid

Scottish: sràid

Germanic lowland Scots: Streit

Hindi: सड़क [saraka]

Bhojpuri: सड़क [sarak]

Turkish: sokak

Arabic:  شَارِعٌ[shariu(n)]

Dari Persian: sarak

-- th --

Malayalam: തെരുവ്‌[theruvu]

Greek: Δρόμος [thrOmos]

-- t --

Maltese: triq

-- d --

Romany: drom

Romanian: drum (from Greek)

Vietnamese: đường

Upper Sorbian: dróha

Lower Sorbian: droga

Cebuano: Dalan

Javanese: dalan

Kannada: Daari

-- j/ch --

Indonesian (Malay): Jalan

Chinese: 街 [jiē]

Chinese: 街头/街頭 [jiētóu] "outside on the street"

-- r --

Gaelic: rathad (road)

Javanese: ratan

French: rue

Portuguese: rua

Franco-Provencal: rua

Vannetais Breton: rhu

Hebrew:  רחוב [reĥóv]

Albanian: rrugë

-- l --

Kreol Morisyen: Lari

Haitian Creole: lari

Myanmar: lann [လမ္]

Tagalog: Lansangan

-- k/g --

Catalan: carrer [ka'reɾ]

Spanish: calle

Asturian/Leonese: cai/calli

Ilocano: kalsada
 
Papiamentu: kaya


Cebuano: Kalye

Finnish: katu


Kazakh: koshe

Uzbek: ko`cha

Georgian: ქუჩა [qucha]

Korean: 거리 [geoli]

Cantonese: 街 [Gaai1]

Norwegian (Bokmål): gate

Icelandic: gata

Swedish: gata

Danish: gade

Germanic lowland Scots: Gait

-- h --

Persian: خیابان
[khiyaban]

Welsh : heol

-- b --

Swahili: barabara

Lingala: balabala

kirundi: ibarabara

Irish: bóthar [road]

-- p --

Latin: platea

-- m --

Kannada: Maarga

-- u --
 
Russian: улица

Hungarian: utca

Slovak: ulica/ulice

Polish: ulica

Croatian: ulica


Bosnian: ulica

Serbian: ulica/улица

Romanian: uliţă (from Common Slavic)


Czech: ulice


Usik (conlang): Uli

-- y --

Uzbek: yul (way, route)

-- o --

Greek: οδό [othOs]

-- i --

Latvian: iela

-- e --

Javanese: embong

-- a --

Sardinian: Arrùga

-- v --

Latin: via

Norwegian (Bokmål): vei (road)

Tamil : வீதி[veedhi]

Japanese: 通り(とおり)




Sunday, June 1, 2014

Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns 4A+A2 "4th Long Alif i + Hamza over Alif (2)" (ALiLLaa u)

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Many Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns and adjectives have a long vowel.

In some of them, Alif (long "a") is inserted as a fourth letter, and
another Alif with Hamza is attached to the head.

They belong to "4th Alif + A(1)" group and have rhythm "ALLiLaa u," or
belong to "4th Alif + A(2)" group and have rhythm "ALiLLaa u."

Here are examples of words belonging to the "4th Alif+ A(2)" group.

meaningplural - singular
loverحَبِيبٌ - أَحِبَّاءُ، أَحِبَّةٌ، أَحْبَابٌ 
lightٌخَفِيفٌ -  أَخِفَّاءُ، خِفَافٌ، أَخْفَافٌ، خَفِيفَات
strongشَدِيدٌ - أَشِدَّاءُ، شِدَادٌ، شَدِيدَاتٌ
healthy, true    صَحِيحٌ - أَصِحَّاءُ، صِحَاح، أَصِحَّةٌ
doctor طَبِيبٌ - أَطِبَّاءُ، أَطِبَّةٌ
strong, precious  عَزِيزٌ - أَعِزَّاءُ، أَعِزَّةٌ
littleقَلِيلٌ  ـ أَقِلاَّءُ، قِلاَلٌ، قَلاَئِلُ



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4Ai+N  4Au1  4Au2  4Au+N  4A+A1  4A+A2
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