Showing posts with label F. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F. Show all posts

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Summary "Fruit, frutta, and फल [phala]"


Here is a summary of words meaning "fruit."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- f --

English: fruit

Dutch: vrucht/fruit

French: fruit

Catalan: fruita

Spanish: fruta

Albanian: fruta

Italian: frutta

Portuguese: fruta/fruto

Galician: froita

Danish: frugt

Ilocano: frutas

Vannetais Breton: fréh

Greek: φρούτο

Russian: фрукт

Esperanto: frukto

Arabic: فاكهة [faːkiha(tun)]

Hindi: फल [phala]

-- v --

Croatian: voće

-- p --

Filipino: prutas

Tagalog: prutas

Ilocano: prutas

Cebuano: prutas

Urdu: پھل

-- b --

Indonesia: buah

Malay: buah

Tagalog: bunga, bungang kahoy

Ilocano: bunga

Cebuano: bonga

-- m --

Swahili: matunda

Lingala: mbuma

Shona: muchero

Dari: میوه

Scottish/Gàidhlig: meas

Uzbek language: meva

-- h --

Finnish: hedelmä

-- k/g --

Japanese: 果物(くだもの) [kudamono]

Korean: 과일 [gwail]

Vietnamese: (hoa) quả

Hungarian: gyümölcs

-- o --

German: obst

Polish: owoc

-- sh --

sesotho: shanaphola

Chinese: 水果 [shuǐguǒ]

-- j --

Mongolia: jims

-- t --

Swazi: titselo

Burma: သစ္သီး[thit tee]

Vietnamese: trái (cây),

Donegal Irish: toradh

-- n --

Kachin:  နမ္ဆီ[namsi]



Saturday, August 2, 2014

Fruit, frutta, and फल [phala]

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

A gift from the earth.

English: fruit

Dutch: fruit

French: fruit

Spanish: fruta

Italian: frutta

Portuguese: fruto

Russian: фрукт

Arabic: فاكهة [faːkiha(tun)]

Hindi: फल [phala]

Japanese: 果物(くだもの) [kudamono]

Swahili: matunda

German: obst

Korean: 과일 [gwail]

Chinese: 水果 [shuǐguǒ]



Friday, June 20, 2014

Summary "fire, fuoco, and огонь"


Here is a summary of words meaning "fire."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.


-- f/v --

German: Feuer

English: fire

Filipino: fire

Norwegian: fyr

Frisian: fjoer

Esperanto: fajro

Dutch: vuur

Alsatian: s'Fihr/fino

Portuguese: fogo

Spanish: fuego

Usik (conlang): fok

Italian: fuoco

Catalan: foc

Corsican: focu

Greek: φωτιά [fo'tça]

Croatian: vatra

Bosnian: vatra

Serbian: vatra

French: feu

Franco-Provencal: fua

Thai: ไฟ [fai]

Laos: ไฟ [fai]

Cantonese: 火 [fo2]

-- h --

Armenian: հուր

Vietnamese: 火 [hoả] (used in compounds)

Chinese: 火 [huǒ]

Japanese: 火(ひ)[hi]

Armenian:հուր [hur]

Fula : heeiti

Tigrinya language: ሓዊ

-- k --

Armenian: կրակ

Ciluba: kapia

-- g --

Javanese: geni

-- b --

Korean: 불[bul]

Swedish: bål

Dutch: brand

Norwegian: brann

Alsatian: s'brännt

Faroese: brandur

Corsican: ben

Komi: Bi

-- p --

Russian: POZHAR

Hittite: pahhur

Ancient Greek πῦρ [py:r], πυρά

Kaingang: pĩ

Thai: เพลิง [plerng](flare)

-- m --

Manipuri: mei

Swahili: moto

Shona: moto

Sesotho: mollo

Zulu: mlilo

-- n --

Arabic: نَار [nar(un)]

Maltese: nar

Lebanese: nar

Kashmiri: Nar

Quechua: nina

Telugu:  నిప్పు" [nippu]

Tamil: neruppu

-- l --

Vietnamese: lửa

-- d --

Tagalog: dalab

-- t/ts --

Welsh: tân

Breton: tan [tɑ̃ː/tɑ̃]

Cornish: tan

Dusun: Tapui

Kadazan : tapui

Tupi and Guarani: tata

Nahuat: Tit

Hungarian: tűz

Mariy: Tu

Estonian: Tuli

Finnish: tuli

Ersyan: Tol

Komi: tõl (old word)

Irish: tine

Scottish Gaelic: teine

Donegal Iridh: teinidh

Malayalam: thee

Otomí: tsibi

Georgean: ცეცხლი  [tstskhli]

-- s --

Santhali: sengel

Kapampangan: Silab

Sundanese: seuneu

Basque: Su [s̺u]

Abkhaz: сущ

-- z --

Ossetic: зынг

-- a --

Azeri: alov

Tagalog: alab/apoy

Komering: apoy

Ilocano: apuy

Indonesian: api

Malay: api

Kapampangan: Apî

Ossetic: арт

Malagasy: afo

kawi: agni

Kurdish: agir

Kurdish Sorani: agir

Sanskrit: agni

Bengali: Agun

Urdu: aag

Hindi: आग [ag]

Nepali (ne-NP): आगो

Bengali: আগুন[agun]

Turkish: ateş

Latin: Ardor

Baluchi:aas

Dari:آتش

Persian: ātiş

Eugene's new conlang: āē'

-- o --

Kazakh: Ot

Turkish: od (old-fashioned)

Azeri: od, ocaq

Czech: oheň

Slovak: OHEŇ

Russian: огонь

Bulgarian: огън

Polish: ogień

Persian: оташ

Samogitian:ognės

-- u --

Lithuanian: ugnis

Assamese : জুই [ui]

Zulu: umlilo

Ikirundi: Umuriro, umucanwa, umukomezwa,

Thai:  อัคคี [uck-key]

-- e --

Faroese: Eldur

Icelandic: eldur

Swedish: eld

Norwegian: eld

Amharic: esat

-- i --

Hebrew: אש [ish]

Norwegian: ild

Danish: Ild

Latin: Ignis, Incendium




Sunday, June 15, 2014

Fire, fuoco, and огонь

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Something that made human beings different from other animals.

French: feu

German: Feuer

English: fire

Portuguese: fogo

Spanish: fuego

Italian: fuoco

Dutch: vuur, brand

Chinese: 火 [huǒ]

Japanese: 火(ひ)[hi]

Korean: 불[bul]

Swahili: moto

Arabic: نَارٌ [nar(un)]

Russian: огонь

Hindi: आग  [ag]



Sunday, September 29, 2013

Summary "autumn/fall"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "autumn"

-- a/o --

English: autumn

Italian: autunno

French: automne

Spanish: otoño

Russian: осень

Portuguese: outono

Japanese: 秋(あき) [aki]

-- h --
(harvest)

German: Herbst

Dutch: herfst

Norwegian: høst [ˈhœst]

Welsh: hydref

-- kh --

Arabic: خريف [kharif]

Dari:  خزان

-- k --

Kapampangan: kalagas

Korean: 가을 [ga-eul]

-- f --

Irish: fómhar

Scots Gaelic: fòghar

Manx: fouyr

Greek: φθινόπωρο [fθiˈnɔpɔrɔ]
(φθίνω (to decay, decline, die out) + οπώρα (fruit))
(literally it designates the period where the fruits are scarse... φθίνω: to scarse + οπώρα: fruit)

English: fall

-- s --

Myanmar (Burmese) : Saung Oo (ေဆာင္းဦး)

Malayalam: ശരത്‌ [sarath]

Hindi: शरत्/शरद [sharath/sharad]

Georgian: შემოდგომა [shemodgoma]

German: spätjahr
(spät(late) + jahr (year))

-- t --

Catalan: Tardor

Hiligaynon: tagragas

-- ch --

Chinese: 秋 [Qiū]

-- j --

serbian: (cyr) јесен (lat) jesen [jese:n]

-- r --

Thai: ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง

-- d --

Vannetais Breton: diskar-hañ

-- i --

Tamil: இலையுதிர்காலம் [ilaiyuthirkaalam]

-- e --

Danish: efterår [ˈɛfd̥ɐˌɔːˀ] 
(efter (after) + år (year))

-- n --

Dutch: najaar
(na(after)+jaar(year))

-- m --

Vietnamese: mùa thu (務秋)

-- p --

Iranian Persian: پاييز (pâ'īz)



Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Grapes, pears, persimmons, chestnuts, leaves...

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Now it has come.
A beautiful and delicious season.

Russian: осень

Spanish: otoño

French: automne

Italian: autunno

Japanese: 秋(あき) [aki]

German: Herbst

Dutch: herfst

English: fall/autumn

Korean: 가을 [gaeul]

Arabic: خريف [kharif]

Chinese: 秋 [qiū]

Hindi: शरद [sharada]


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Summary "flower"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page,
here is a summary of words meaning "flower."


-- FL --

English: flower

French: fleur

Spanish: flor

Portuguese: flor

Morisyen: Fler

Most Occitan: flor [flu], [flur]

Latin: FLOS

-- F --

Italian: fiore

lumbard: fiùr

Lingala: fololo

Awadhi: फूल fool فول

cantonese: Fa

-- HL --

Gascon hlor

Gascon Occitan: hlor [hlu].

-- BL --

Gol: blath

Gaeilge(Irish): Bláth

German: Blume

Dutch: bloem

Afrikaans: Blom

Swedish: Blomma

Norwegian: blomst

Cebuano: bulak

--B --

Khmer: បុប្ផា Bopha

Indonesian: bunga

Vietnamese : bông

Boro: bibar

-- T/TS/C --

sicilian: ciure

Russion цветок

Bulgarian: цвете [tsvete]

Serbian: cvet/цвет [tsvet]

Turkish: çiiçek

Kadazandusun: tusak

Mongolian: цэцэг - [ˈt͡sit͡sɪk]

-- Z --

Arabic: زهرة [zahra]

-- K --

Korean: 꽃 [kot]

Polish: kwiat

Java : kembang

-- L --

Basque lore, lili
("lore" comes from Latin FLOREM)

Modern Greek: λουλούδι [lu'luði]

Estonian: Lill

-- G --

Persian: [gol] گل

Uzbek: Gul

Kyrgyz. Гул [gul]

Kazakh: Gül

Lithuanian: Gele

Tsez: гагали [ga'galɪ]

-- H --

Chinese: 花 [Huā]

Vietnamese : hoa

Japanese: 花 (はな) [hana]

-- P --

Khmer: ផ្កា [Phka]

Hindi and Bhojpuri: फूल [Phool]

Urdu: Phool

Bengali: ফুল [Phool]

sesotho: Palesa

Latvian: Puke

Sanskrit: pushpa

Kerala: poov,

Hindi: pushpak.

Tamil: பூ [Pū]

-- S --

Kapampangan: sampaga

Setswana: Sethunya

Javanese: sekar

Genoese: scjôa ['ʃu:a], plural scjoî ['ʃwi:]

-- V --

Hungarian: virág

malagasy: voninkazo

-- K --

Petya Kundurjieva

Javanese: kembang

Indonesian: kembang

Polish: kwiat

-- M --

Swahili: mauwa

Dhivehi: maa / mau

-- I --

kikuyu: ihua

Kirundi: Ishurwe.

-- A --

Modern Greek: άνθος ['anθos]

Ethiopia Amharic :abeba

-- U --

Somali : ubax

Gilbertese: Ue


Saturday, August 10, 2013

Little airy happiness

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

One of those that makes me happy.

English: flower

French: fleur

Spanish: flor

Italian: fiore

Chinese: 花[Huā]

Japanese: 花 (はな) [hana]

German: Blume

Dutch: bloem

Russion цветок

Arabic: زهرة [zuhra]

Korean: 꽃 [kot]