Thursday, April 23, 2015

Stairs, Treppe, and 楼梯

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It is fun to climb up, and it t is fun to climb down.

Spanish: escalera

French: escaliers

Portuguese: escada

English: stairs, steps, staircase

Italian: scala,  gradino

Hindi: सीढ़ी[srihi]

Arabic: سلالم ، الدرجات

Dutch: trap

German: Treppe

Russian: лестница

Chinese: 楼梯/樓梯 [lóutī]

Korean: 계단 [gyedan]

Japanese: 階段

Swahili: ngazi



Monday, January 26, 2015

Summary "Market, mercato, and ichiba"


Here is a summary of words meaning "market."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- m --

English: market

Dutch: markt

German: Markt

Danish: marked

Hawaiian: mākeke

Alsatian: d'r Markt

Kannada: maarukatte

Irish: margadh

Manx: margey

Welsh: marchnad

Vannetais Breton: marhad

Breton: marc'had

French: marché

Franco-Provencal: marçhi

Scots: mercat

Corsican: mercatu/marcatu

Latin: mercatus

Italian: mercato

Spanish: mercado

Zamboangueño: mercado

Portuguese: mercado

-- r --

Russian: рынок

Polish: rynek

-- s/sh --

Maltese: suq

Swahili: soko

Arabic: سوق [suːk(un)]

Hebrew: שוק [shook]

Polish: stragan

Chinese: 市场/市場 [shìchǎng]

Korean: 시장 [sijang]

Kannada: santhe

Tamil: சந்தை [Santhai]

-- j --

Usik (conlang): Juki

-- t --

Lithuanian: turgus

Polish: targ, targowisko

Thai : ตลาด (ตะ-หลาด) [talaad]

Zamboangueño: tiangue

Malagasy: tsena

Czech: trh

Slovak: trh/trhovisko

Vietnamese: chợ (𢄂), thị trường (市場)

-- d --

Turkish: dükkan

-- p --

Malay: pasar

Indonesian: pasar

Javanese: pasar, peken

Turkish: pazar (originated from Sogdian language)

Hungarian: piac

Tagalog: Palengke, Pamilihan

-- b --

Hindi: बाजार [bazar]

Nepali: बजार [bajār]

Bangali/Bengali: বাজার [bazar/bajar]

Kazakh: Базар [bazar]

Kyrgyz language: базар [baza:r]

Esperanto: bazaro

Tagalog: Baraka

Turkish: bakkal

-- v --

Hungarian: vásár

Alsatian: d'r Vertràg

-- f --

Latin: forum

-- h --

Alsatian: d'r Hàndel

-- k/q --

Quechua: Qhatu

-- i --

Japanese: 市場(いちば)[ichiba]

-- a --

Greek: αγορά [agorá]