Here is a summary of words meaning "ship."
Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
-- m --
Welsh: môr
Breton: ar mor
Russian: море
Serbian: more
old Gallic: more
Slovak: mora/more
Bosnian: more
Czech: moře
Slovene: morje
Polish: morze
Portuguese: mar
Spanish: mar
Langue d'Oc: la mar
Rumantsch: la mar
Italian: mare
Romanian: marea (mare)
Corsican: mari
Esperanto: maro [ˈmaro]
French: mer
Kreol Morisyen: lamer
Usik (conlang): mer
German: Meer [meːɐ̯]
Alsatian: s' Mèèr
Belis (conlang): mani
Finnish: meri [ˈmeri]
Estonian: meri
Irish: muir (ocean, old word)
Scottish Gaelic: muir
-- b --
Korean: 바다 [bada]
Somali: badda
Arabic: بحر[bahr(un)]
Maltese: baħar
Afganistan: Bahr
Swahili: bahari
Vietnamese: Biển
Klingon(Star Trek): bIQ'a' [bɪq͡χˈʔɑʔ]
-- z --
Georgian: ზღვა [zghwa/zghva]
Dutch: zee
-- s --
English: sea
Afrikaans: see
Frisian: see
Danish: sø
Hindi: समुद्[samdra]/ समुंदर [samundar]
Urdu: samundar
Indonesian: samudra (ocean)
Malayalam: സമുദ്രം[samudram]
Telugu: samudram, sagaram
Bengali: সমুদ্র [shomudro]
Khmer សមុទ [sàk mort/sámort]
Thai: สมุทร[sà mùt]
Lao: samoot (ocean)
Bengali: সাগর [sagar]
Assamese: sagar
Hindi: sagar
Javanese: segara
Malayalam: സാഗരം[saagaram]
Faroese: sjógvur
-- t --
Hungarian: tenger [ˈtɛnɡɛr]
Thai: ทะเล [tʰáleː]
Lao: tarle
-- th --
Greek: θάλασσα [thálassa]
-- d --
Turkish : deniz
Azerbaijani: deniz
Uzbek : dengiz
Filipino: dagat
Cebuano: dagat
tagalog: dagat
Hiligaynon: dagat
Farsi: دريا [darya]
-- h --
Danish: Hav [haw]
Faroese: hav
Chinese: 海 [hǎi]
Nahuat(Mexico): huey atl
-- k --
Kannada: Kadalu
Malayalam: കടല് [kadal]
Tamil: kadal
Hawaiian: Ke kai
-- g --
Wolof(senegal): gueth
-- u --
Dargi (Sanzhi dialect): урхьу ['urxu]
Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]
-- f --
Irish/Gaeilge: farraige
-- l --
Malay: laut
Indonesian: laut
-- r --
Tsez: ралъад / raład [rɑˈɬɑd]
-- y --
Hebrew: ים [yam]
Latvian: jūra
Lithuanian: jūra
-- i --
Nahuat: ilhuicaatle
-- a --
Irish/Gaeilge: aigean (ocean)
Armăneashce: amare
-- w --
Nahuat(El Salvador): wey at
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Monday, December 30, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Summary "ship"
Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
Here is a summary of words meaning "ship."
-- s/sh --
English: ship
Dutch: schip
Norwegian: skip [ʃip]
Afrikaans: skip
Danish: skib
German: Schiff
Alsatian : s' Schiff
Old Italian: schifo
Polish: statek
Esperanto: ŝipo ['ʃipo]
Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]
Hebrew: ספינה [sfina]
-- n --
Rumantsch: la nav
Italian: nave
French: navire
Langue d'oc: naviri
Portuguese: navio
Romanian: nava (navă)
Langue d'Oc : la nau
Usik(conlang): Nabi
-- b --
Spanish: barco
Czech: bárka
Slovene: barka (small one)
Filipino: barko
French: bateau
Kreol Morisyen: Bato
Corsican: batéllu
Breton: batimant
Breton: bag
Korean: 배 [bae]
Klingon (Star Trek): bIQ Duj [bɪq͡χ ɖuʤ]
-- v --
Maltese: vapur
Breton : ar vag
-- p --
Greek: πλοίο ['plio]
-- m --
Swahili: meli
Arabic: مركب
Somali: markab (dooni (small))
-- k --
Russian: корабль
Indonesia: kapal (kapal laut)
Greek: καραβι
malayalam: കപ്പല്
Tamil: கப்பல[: kʌ'p]
Dari: کشتی [keshti]
-- g --
Cornish: gorhel
Tsez: гама [ɡama]
Turkish: gemi
Hausa: girgin ruwa
-- ch --
Chinese: 船 [chuán]
Shona (Zimbabwean): chikepe
-- j --
Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]
Bhojpuri: जहाज [jahāz]
-- h --
Hungarian: hajó [hˈɑjoː]
Hawaiian: he moku
Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]
-- u --
Bemba: ubwato
SiSwati: umkhumbi
-- o --
Basque: ontzia(vessel)/itsasontzia(sea-vessel)
Hebrew: אוניה [onniya]
-- l --
Irish: long
Scottish Gaelic: long
Welsh: llong
Czech: loď
Slovak: loď
Finnish: laiva
Slovene: ladja (big one)
-- r --
Thai: เรือ [rɯ:a]
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sea, mar, and hai (海)
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Huge, enormous and immense.
Where the moon rises, and where the sun sets.
Portuguese: mar
Spanish: mar
French: mer
German: Meer
Dutch: zee
English: sea
Hindi: समुद [samudra]
Chinese: 海 [hǎi]
Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]
Korean: 바다 [bada]
Arabic: بحر [bahr(un)]
Swahili: bahari
Huge, enormous and immense.
Where the moon rises, and where the sun sets.
Portuguese: mar
Spanish: mar
French: mer
German: Meer
Dutch: zee
English: sea
Hindi: समुद [samudra]
Chinese: 海 [hǎi]
Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]
Korean: 바다 [bada]
Arabic: بحر [bahr(un)]
Swahili: bahari
Sunday, December 22, 2013
On the water
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The best way to take a leisurely trip.
English: ship
Dutch: schip
German: Schiff
Italian: nave
French: navire
Portuguese: navio
Spanish: barco
Korean: 배 [bae]
Swahili: meli
Russian: корабль
Chinese: 船 [chuán]
Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]
Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]
Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]
The best way to take a leisurely trip.
English: ship
Dutch: schip
German: Schiff
Italian: nave
French: navire
Portuguese: navio
Spanish: barco
Korean: 배 [bae]
Swahili: meli
Russian: корабль
Chinese: 船 [chuán]
Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]
Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]
Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Summary "tower"
Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
Here is a summary of words meaning "tower."
-- t --
English: tower
Irish: túr
Scottish Gaelic: tùr
Breton : tour
French: tour
Kreol Morisyen: tour
Scots: toor
Sesotho: tora
Corsican: Torra
Italian: torre
Spanish: torre
Portuguese: torre
Scots: Touer
Langue d'Oc: tourre
Catalan: torre
Tagalog: tore
Dutch: toren
Romanian: turn
Icelandic: turn [tʰʏrtn̥]
Hungarian: torony [tˈoroɲ]
Finnish: torni [tˈornɪ]
Swedish: torn [tʰʊɳ]
Danish: tårn [tˢɒːˀn]
Afrikaans: toring
German: Turm
Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]
Chinese: 塔 [tǎ]
Cantonese: 塔 [tap3]
Vietnamese: tháp (塔)
Korean: 탑 [tab]
-- d --
Alsatian: Durm
-- m --
Hindi: मीनार [minar]
Swahili: mnara
Romani: minar
Urdu: مینار [minar]
Bahasa Indonesia: menara
Malaysian: menara
Hebrew: migdal
-- b --
Russian: башня
Ukrainian: башта [bášta]
Czech: bašta
Arabic: برج [burj(u)]
-- v --
Ukrainian: вежа [véža]
Slovak: veža
Czech: věž
-- w --
Old East Slavic: вѣжа [wiéža]
Polish/Polski: Wieża
-- p --
Greek: Πύργος
-- k --
Turkish: kule
Serbo-Croatian: Kula [kǔːla]
Georgian: კოშკი [k'oshk'i]
Old East Slavic: костьлъ [kóstĭlŭ]
-- h --
Thai: หอคอย
-- g --
malayalam: ഗോപുരം [gopuram]
-- s --
Old East Slavic: стълпъ [stŭlpŭ]
Slovenian: stolp
-- z --
Old East Slavic: забороло [zaborólo]
-- ts --
Mongolian: цамхаг
-- a --
Armenian: աշտարակ [ashtarak]
-- u --
Kirundi: umunara
Saturday, December 14, 2013
From ancient times
--To read this post in Japanese, click here.
What men have built here and there, and people have looked up and climbed.
English: tower
Italian: torre
Dutch: toren
Spanish: torre
German: Turm
French: tour
Portuguese: torre
Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]
Chinese: 塔 [tǎ]
Korean: 탑[tab]
Hindi: मीनार [ Mīnāra]
Swahili: mnara
Russian: башня
Arabic: برج [burju]
What men have built here and there, and people have looked up and climbed.
English: tower
Italian: torre
Dutch: toren
Spanish: torre
German: Turm
French: tour
Portuguese: torre
Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]
Chinese: 塔 [tǎ]
Korean: 탑[tab]
Hindi: मीनार [ Mīnāra]
Swahili: mnara
Russian: башня
Arabic: برج [burju]
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Quiz
--To read this post in Japanese, click here.
????? bulb
candle ?????
????? emitting diode
traffic ?????
Now you know what it is.
Hindi: प्रकाश [prkash]
Chinese: 光[guāng]
Italian: luce
Dutch: licht
English: light
German: Licht
Spanish: luz
Portuguese: luz
French: lumière
Russian: свет
Korean: 조명 [jomyeong] / 빛 [bich]
Arabic: إضاءة[ida'a]
Japanese: 光(ひかり) [hikari] / 明かり[akari]
Swahili: mwanga
????? bulb
candle ?????
????? emitting diode
traffic ?????
Now you know what it is.
Hindi: प्रकाश [prkash]
Chinese: 光[guāng]
Italian: luce
Dutch: licht
English: light
German: Licht
Spanish: luz
Portuguese: luz
French: lumière
Russian: свет
Korean: 조명 [jomyeong] / 빛 [bich]
Arabic: إضاءة[ida'a]
Japanese: 光(ひかり) [hikari] / 明かり[akari]
Swahili: mwanga
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