Friday, October 31, 2014

Summary "Railroad, reli, and ferrovia"


Here is a summary of words meaning "railroad."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- f/v --

Portuguese: ferrovia (ferro = iron)

Italian: ferrovia (ferro = iron)

Maltese: ferrovija

Spanish: ferrocarril (hierro = iron)

Esperanto: fervojo (fer (iron) + voj (way))

Hungarian: vasút (vas = iron, út = road/way/path)

-- e --

German: Eisenbahn  (Eisen = iron)

-- i --

Irish: iarnród (iron road)

Alsatian: d'r Isabàhn

-- r --

British English: railway

American English: railroad

Punjabi : reilpatty

Swahili: reli

Hindi:  रेलवे [rēlavē]

Turkish: ray

Tagalog: riles

Indonesian: rel kereta (api)

-- l --

Klingon (conlang): lupwI' mIr

Malay: Landasan kereta api (Landasan =path, Kereta = car, Api = fire)

-- s --

Dutch: spoorweg
 
Arabic: سكة حديدية [sikka(tun) hadiidiya(tun)]
            (حديد  =  iron)

Greek : σιδηρόδρομος [siđiróđromos] (σίδηρος (iron) + δρόμος (road))

-- sh --

French: chemin de fer (fer = iron)

-- z/j --

Russian: железная дорога (железо = iron)

Croatian: željeznica (željezo = iron)

Czech: železnice (železo = iron)

Slovak: železnice

-- t/ch --

Chinese: 铁路/鐵路[tiělù] (铁/鐵 = iron)
 
Korean: 철도 [cheoldo] (철 = iron)

Japanese: 鉄道(てつどう) [tetsudou] (鉄 = iron)

Choctaw: tʋli hina (iron road)

Uzbek : temir yo'l  (iron way)

-- d --

Turkish: demir (iron) yolu (way, road)

Azerbaijani: demiryolu

Czech: dráha

Vietnamese: đường sắt (road iron)
Vietnamese: đường xe lửa (road vehicle fire)
Vietnamese: đường ray (road "rail")

-- k --

Corsican: caminu di ferru

Kadazandusun: kulitapui

-- h --

Breton: hent(où)-houarn

Cornish: hyns horn (iron path)

-- b  --

Usik (conlang): Boste



Saturday, October 4, 2014

My first eBook "6 Pieces Of Time" is published!

Dear blog friends.

I am thrilled to tell you that my first eBook “6 Pieces Of Time” is now available on iBooks.

This is a video of a sample book.



The book took me two years after conception,
and I am glad that it has left me for an adventure, at last.

You can download a free sample or buy the whole book on iBooks.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/6-pieces-of-time/id923172407?mt=11&uo=4

A Japanese version is also available.

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/book/liutsuno-shi-jiannokakera/id925249589?mt=11&uo=4

Many thanks,

Pora