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)




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