Here is a summary of words meaning "plane."
Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
-- a --
Italian: aereo
Catalan: aeronau
Welsh/Cymraeg: awyren
Greek: αεροπλάνο [aeroplano]
English: airplane/aeroplane
Spanish: aeroplano
Maltese: ajruplan
Tagalog: aeroplano
Langue d'Oc: un aerouplano
Portuguese: avião
Corsican:aviò
Catalan: avió
Spanish: avión
French: avion
Kreol Morisyen: avyon
Romanian: un avion
Serbian: avion/авио
Bosnian: avion
Vannetais Breton: avïon
Langue d'Oc: un avioun
Esperanto: aviadilo
- i --
Sc. Gaelic: itealan [eetch-ah-lun]
-- e --
Irish: eitleán
-- u --
Turkish: uçak (derived from verb meaning "to fly")
-- f/v --
German: Flugzeug (fly stuff)
Alsatian (north): e Fliejer (m)
Alsatian (south): a Flugzig (n)
Dutch: vliegtuig
Afrikaans:vliegtuig
Swedish: ett flygplan
Faroese: flogfar
Danish: flyvemaskine [ˈfl̥yːʊmaˌsɡ̊iːnə](flying machine)
Danish: fly [fl̥yːˀ]
Danish: flyver [fl̥ywɐ]
Chinese: 飞机/飛機 [fēijī] (fly machine)
Vietnamese: phi cơ (飛機) (fly machine)
Kannada: vimaana
Malayalam: വിമാനം [vimaanam]
-- p/b --
English: plane
Dari: plane
Sc. Gaelic: plèana [plia-nah]
Indonesian: pesawat terbang (flying instrument/vehicle)
Malay: pesawat
Korean: 비행기 [bihaenggi]
Papua New Guinea-Balus
-- h --
Persian: هواپیما [havapeyma] (air to cross/wander/browse)
Japanese: 飛行機(ひこうき) [hikouki] (fly go machine)
Hindi: हवाई जहाज [havā'ī jahāja]
-- s --
Russian: самолёт
Polish: samolot
Tagalog: sasakyang panghimpapawid
Angloromani: saster cheriklo (iron bird)
-- sh --
Hebrew: shamayim
-- z/j --
Croatian: zrakoplov
Urdu: جہاذ
-- l --
Slovak:lietadlo
Slovenian: letalo
Finnish: lentokone (flight machine)
Estonian: lennuk (derived from verb meaning "to fly")
Myanmar: ေလယာဥ္) [Lay-Yin]
-- r --
Hungarian: repülőgép [rˈɛpyløːɡeːp] (flying machine)
Hungarian: repülő [rˈɛpyløː] (something that flies)
-- t --
Arabic: طائرة [ta:ira(tun)]
Dari Persian: [tayara]
Georgian: თვითმფრინავი [t'vit'mp'rinavi] (self flyer/flying)
-- d --
Nauru: debarin
-- n --
Swahili: ndege
-- m --
Vietnamese: máy bay (machine fly)
Hawaiian: he mokulele
Klingon(Star Trek): muD Duj
-- k --
Thai: เครื่องบ[khrûeang bin]
Malay: kapal terbang (flying ship)
old Indonesian (40-80's): kapal terbang (flying vessel)
Breton: karr-néj (eur harr-néj)
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Plane, avión, and Flugzeug
--To read this post in Japanese, click here.
When I was a child, I used to have a dream where
I just jumped and swam in the sky. It was fun.
Italian: aereo
Spanish: avión
French: avion
Portuguese: avião
German: Flugzeug
Dutch: vliegtuig
English: plane
Korean: 비행기 [bihaenggi]
Chinese: 飞机/飛機 [fēijī]
Japanese: 飛行機(ひこうき) [hikouki]
Hindi: हवाई जहाज [havā'ī jahāja]
Russian: самолет
Swahili: ndege
Arabic: طائرة [ta:ira(tun)]
When I was a child, I used to have a dream where
I just jumped and swam in the sky. It was fun.
Italian: aereo
Spanish: avión
French: avion
Portuguese: avião
German: Flugzeug
Dutch: vliegtuig
English: plane
Korean: 비행기 [bihaenggi]
Chinese: 飞机/飛機 [fēijī]
Japanese: 飛行機(ひこうき) [hikouki]
Hindi: हवाई जहाज [havā'ī jahāja]
Russian: самолет
Swahili: ndege
Arabic: طائرة [ta:ira(tun)]
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Summary "snow, sneeuw, and neige"
Here is a summary of words meaning "snow."
Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
-- s --
Scots: snaw
English: snow
Hiligaynon: snow
Old English: snāw
Proto Germanic: snaiwaz
Gothic: snaiws
Swedish: snö [snøː]
Norwegian: snø
Danish: sne
Slovak: sneh
Czech: sníh
Icelandic: snjór
Dutch: sneeuw
Afrikaans: sneeu
Papiamento: sneu
German: Der Schnee
Alsatian: d'r Schnee
Shona: sino
Scottish Gaelic: sneachd
Scottish: sneachd
Irish: sneachta
Faroese: snjógvur [sɲjɛgvʊɹ]
Bosnian: snijeg
Polish: śnieg
Serbian: sněg
Russian: снег
Bulgarian: cняг
Ukrainian: cніг [snih]
Hebrew : sheleg
Maltese: silġ
Indonesian: salju
Malay: salji
Bahasa Melayu: Salji
-- th --
Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]
Malayalam: തുഷാര [thushaara]
Swahili: thaluji
-- t --
Vietnamese (Việt Nam): tuyết (cf. tuyệt means 'wonderful')
Bengali: তুষার [tushar]
Georgian: თოვლი [tovli]
Aslanic (conlang): cnëk [tʃnɛkʰ]
-- d --
Armenian: ձյուն [dzyun]
-- n --
French: neige
Haitian Creol: Lanèj
Esperanto: neĝo (negxo / negho)
Usik (conlang): nej
Franco-Provencal: nêf
Italian: neve
Portuguese: neve
Corsican: neve
Spanish: nieve
Chavacano: nieve
Ido (conlang): nivo
Filipino: niyebe
Tagalog: niyebe
Latin: nix
Romanian: ninsoare
Korean: 눈 [nun]
-- l --
Finnish: lumi
Estonian: lumi
Kreol Morisyen: lanez
-- r --
Quechua: rit'i
-- m --
Malayalam: മഞ്ഞ് [mʌˈɲʊ]
Telugu: manchu
-- b --
Hindi: बर्फ[barpha]
Persian: برف [barf]
Urdu: برف
Kurdish Sorani: bahfr
Maltese: borra
Tagalog: busilak
-- p --
Tamil: பனி [pani]
Khmer: ព្រ [prerl]
-- h --
Malayalam: ഹിമം [himam]
Sanskrit: हिम [hima]
Thai : หิมะ[hìʔ mʔ]
Hungarian: hó
Greek: χιόνι[hjOnee]
Maori: huka
Maori: hukapapa (on the ground)
Maori: hukarere (in the air)
-- k --
Turkish: kar
Kazakh: kar
Kyrgyz: кар [kar]
Aymara: khunu
Faroese:S kavi
-- y --
Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]
Tagalog: yelo
-- e --
Welsh: eira
Basque: elur
Breton: erc'h
Vannetais Breton: erh
Cornish: ergh
-- a --
Inuktitut: ᐊᐳᑦ [aput]
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Snow, sneeuw, and neige
--To read this post in Japanese, click here.
Wishing you a wonderful new year of peace and happiness
English: snow
Dutch: sneeuw
German: Schnee
Russian: снег
French: neige
Spanish: nieve
Italian: neve
Portugese: neve
Korean: 눈 [nun]
Chinese: 雪 [xuě]
Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]
Hindi: बर्फ[ barpha]
Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]
Swahili: thaluji
Wishing you a wonderful new year of peace and happiness
English: snow
Dutch: sneeuw
German: Schnee
Russian: снег
French: neige
Spanish: nieve
Italian: neve
Portugese: neve
Korean: 눈 [nun]
Chinese: 雪 [xuě]
Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]
Hindi: बर्फ[ barpha]
Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]
Swahili: thaluji
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