So unreasonable

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Actually, I (as a native Japanease speaker) don't quite understand why it is always necessary to differentiate between one apple and more than one apple.

Anyway, Here is a list of words meaning "colo(u)rs"

Italian: colori

Dutch: kleuren

Spanish: colores

French: couleurs

English: colo(u)rs

Portuguese: cores

Hindi: रंग [raṅg]

Swahili: rangi

Arabic: الوان [alwan]

German: Farben

Russian: цвета

Chinese: 颜色/顏色 [yánsè]

Korean: 색 [saeg]

Japanese: 色（いろ）[iro]

Summary "orange (colour)"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning the colour "orange"

-- o --

English: orange                  
                                       
German: orange    
   
French: orange    

Swedish: orange

Russian: оранжевый
                                       
Dutch: oranje    

Afrikaans: oranja

Norwegian: oransj(e)

Czech: oranžový/á/é (m/f/n)

Alsatian (France): vùn Orangefàrb, orangefärbi(g)

rumantsch (Switzerland): culur d'oranscha [orànža]

-- a --
                                       
Italian: arancione    

Puerto Rican Spanish: Anaranjado

Faroese: appilsingulur

Danish: appelsingul

Langue d'Oc (France) : coulour d'arange.

-- n --
   
Spanish: naranja

Hungarian: narancs    
   
Hindi: नारंग [nāraṅgī]    

Malayalam: നാരങ്ങ [Naranga]

Dari:  نارنج  [narenji]

-- l --

Portuguese: laranja

-- b --
       
Arabic: برتقالي [burtuqali]

Swedish: brandgul

-- p --

Turkish : Portakal

Romanian : portocaliu

Piemontese (Italia) : giaun pourtigal.


-- ch --
   
Chinese: 橙色 [chéngsè]    

Puerto Rican Spanish: China

-- m --
 
Swahili: rangi ya machungwa            

-- j --

Korean:　주황색 [juhwangsaeg]    

-- d --
                                       
Japanese: 橙色(だいだいいろ) [daidaiiro]

Usik: Dam ( also Damel)


-- z --

Piemontese (Italia) : grousoun, giaun pourtigal

Haitian Creole: zoranj
   
-- s --

Thai: สีส้ม [sǐ sôm]
       
Nepali: suntala

-- g --

Piemontese (Italia) : grousoun

-- k --

Vietnamese: (màu) cam 牟柑

Fruit or ... ?

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The color orange reminds me of ...
an orange (fruit), a persimmon, a papaya, a carrot, a pumpkin,
Chinese lantern plants, autumn leaves, a sunset, and the Netherland.

English: orange                     

                                          

German: Orange      

     

French: orange      

Russian: оранжевый  

                                          

Dutch: oranje      

                                          

Italian: arancione      

     

Spanish: naranja      

     

Hindi: नारंग [nāraṅgī]      

Portuguese: laranja  

    

Swahili: rangi ya machungwa               

         

Arabic: برتقالي [burtuqali]

     

Chinese: 橙色 [chéngsè]      

     

Korean:　주황색 [juhwangsaeg]      

                                          

Japanese: 橙色(だいだいいろ) [daidaiiro] 

Summary "leaf"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "leaf"

-- b --

German: Blatt  

                                      

Dutch: blad 

Swedish: blad

Norwegian: blad

Alsacian : Blàtt  

Afrikaans: blaar

Bemba: bula

Thai: ใบ [bai]

Lao: ໃບໄມ [້[baimai]

Kapampangan: bulung

Dari: برگ

-- f --

 

Portuguese: folha                     

                                      

Italian: foglia  

catalan : fulla [fulyë]

greek: φύλλο [filo]

Usik : fol

French: feuille

                                      

Langue d'oc of Provence : fueio [fœyo]

Langue d'oc of Auvergne (in the Massif Central in France) : fueio [fœyo]

Langue d'oc of Gascogne: huèlho [huèlyo]

-- l --

                                      

English: leaf  

Hungarian: levél

 

Russian: лист [list]  

Ukrainian: листок [lystok]

Tsez: лIеIб  [ƛˁeb]

Polish: liść

Vietnamese: Lá 蘿

Hawaiian: Lau 

(or a prefix lā-)

Latvian: lapa

Swedish: löv

Norwegian: løv

-- i --

Malayalam: ഇല [ila/ela]

Tamil: ilai

Nahuatl: izhuatl [ˈɪs.watɬ]

 

Korean: 잎[ip]  

-- p --

                                      

Hindi: पत्ती [patti]  

Georgian: ფოთოლი [potoli]

-- h --

                                      

Japanese: 葉っぱ (はっぱ) [happa]  

                                      

Spanish: hoja

Basque: hosto  

-- j --

                                      

Swahili: jani        

-- g --

Javanese: Godhong

Kurdish Sorani: Gaalah

-- k --

Lingala: kasa

Wolof: khop

-- d --

Vietnamese: diệp 葉

Indonesia: daun

Tagalog: dahon

Cebuano (visayan): dahun

Breton: délienn

Vannetais Breton: délen

Welsh: Deilen

Irish: duilleog

Malayalam: ദളം [dhalam]

-- w --

                                                                               

Arabic: ورق [waraku]

Hausa: war̃ƙā

(pl.: warƙoƙi?)

Sranantongo (Surinaams): w'wiri

-- o --

Basque: orri, orbel (when fallen)

-- y --

Azerbaijani: yarpaq

 

Chinese: 叶子/葉子 [yèzi]

-- r --

Malagasy: ravina/ravin-kazo

Iloko: rabong 

-- s --

Santali: Sakam

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POSTCARD 

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English: postcard

Japanese: 葉書(はがき)  [hagaki]

Swedish: Vykort

Leaf writing

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"Hagaki" (leaf writing) means a postcard in Japanese.

German: Blatt

Dutch: blad

French: feuille

Portuguese: folha

Italian: foglia

English: leaf

Russian: лист  [list]

Korean: 잎 [ip]

Hindi: पत्ती  [patti]

Japanese: 葉(は) [ha] /葉っぱ (はっぱ)  [happa]

Spanish: hoja

Swahili: jani

Arabic: ورق  [waraku]

Chinese: 叶子/葉子 [yèzi]