Saturday, June 14, 2014

Summary "bonfire, falò, and takibi"


Here is a summary of words meaning "bonfire."

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-- 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)]




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