Monday, August 11, 2014

Summary "ivy, lierre, and 常春藤"


Here is a summary of words meaning "ivy."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- a --

English: ivy

Hindi: आइवी लता [ā'ivī latā]

Thai: ไม้เลื้อยชื่อต้นไอวี่

-- i --

German: Efeu

Danish: efeu

Norwegian: eføy

Romanian: iederă

Spanish: hiedra

-- e --

Italian: edera

Portuguese: hera

Donegal Irish: eidheann

Usik (conlang): Efir

-- h --

Esperanto: hedero

-- u --

Arabic: عُلَّيْق    ['ullaik(un)]

-- k --

Dutch: klimop

Greek: κισσός

Vietnamese: cây thường xuân

-- l --

French: lierre

Arabic: لَبْلاَب[lublaab(un)]

-- ch --

Chinese: 常春藤 [cháng chūnténg]

-- d/t --

Korean: 담쟁이 덩굴 [damjaeng-i deong-gul]

Vannetais Breton: dehial, dehiaù

-- ts --

Japanese: 蔦(つた)[tsuta]

-- s --

Turkish: sarmaşık

-- p --

Russian: плющ

Ukrainian: плющ

-- b --

Czech: břečťan

Croatian: bršljan

Polish: bluszcz

Hungarian: borostyán

-- m --

Finnish: muratti

Swedish: murgröna



Sunday, August 10, 2014

Ivy, lierre, and 常春藤

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

Strong in the rain

Strong in the wind

Strong against the summer heat and snow

(Quotes from "Strong in the rain," Kenji Miyazawa)

English: ivy

Hindi: आइवी लता [ā'ivī latā]

German: Efeu

Italian: edera

Spanish: hiedra

Portuguese: hera

Arabic:   عُلَّيْق ['ullaik(un)]

Dutch: klimop

French: lierre

Chinese: 常春藤 [cháng chūnténg]

Korean: 담쟁이 덩굴 [damjaeng-i deong-gul]

Japanese: 蔦(つた)[tsuta]

Russian: плющ



Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Summary "Cave, caverna, and grotta"


Here is a summary of words meaning " (limestone) cave."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- c/k --

English: (limestone) cave

Portuguese: (calcário) caverna

French: caverne (calcaire)

Spanish: cueva (de piedra caliza)

Catalan: cova (de pedra calcària)

Esperanto: (kalkoŝtona) kaverno

Ilocano: kueba (ti bato apug)

Basque: (kareharrizko) koba

langue d'oc: cauna (de calcari)

Arabic:  كهف الحجر الجيري 

Usik (conlang): kauni

Tagalog: kweba

-- g --

Italian: (calcare) grotta

Corsican: grotta (di calcariu)

Maltese: grotta (franka)

French: grotte (de calcaire)

Dutch: (kalksteen)grot

Breton: groc'h/groh (grec'hier)

Hindi: (चूना पत्थर ) गुफा[cuna pt'thr gupha]

Nepali: ( चुन ढुङ)्गा ग[chn-dhunga-gufa]

Sindarin (conlang): gath, gathrod, (n)groth

-- h --

German: (Tropfstein)höhle

Vietnamese: hang (đá vôi) (𥧎𥒥𥔦)

Alsatian: d' Hehla/d'Hehl (vu Kàlchänthàltig)

-- m --

Georgian: მღვიმე [mghvime]

Azerbaijani: mağara

-- p --

Swahili: pango (la chokaa mawe)

Russian: (известняк) пещера

Bulgarian: пещера

-- b --

Franco-Provencal: bârma

langue d'oc: balma (de calcari)

Hungarian: barlang

-- f --

Sindarin (conlang): fela

-- d --

Chinese: (石灰岩溶)洞 [shíhuīyán róngdòng]

Korean: (석회)동 [seoghoedong]

Japanese: (鍾乳)洞(しょうにゅうどう) [shounyudo]

-- l --

Finnish: luola

Tagalog: langob

-- r --

Ilocano: rukib (ti bato apug)

-- s --

Corsican: sapara (di calcariu)

-- y --

Slovak: (vápencové) jaskyne

Czech: jeskyně

Polish: jaskinia

Tagalog: yungib

-- u --

Irish: uaimh (aolchloiche)

-- o --

Welsh/Cymraeg: ogof






Monday, August 4, 2014

Cave, caverna, and grotta

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

Drop by drop, it has been shaped.

English: (limestone) cave

Portuguese: (calcário) caverna

Spanish: cueva (de piedra caliza)

Arabic:  كهف الحجر الجيري

Hindi: (चूना पत्थर ) गुफा[cuna pt'thr gupha]

Italian: (calcare) grotta

French: grotte (de calcaire)

Dutch: (kalksteen)grot

German: (Tropfstein)höhle

Russian: (известняк) пещера

Swahili: pango (la chokaa mawe)

Chinese: (石灰岩溶)洞 [shíhuīyán róngdòng]

Korean: (석회)동 [seoghoedong]

Japanese: (鍾乳)洞(しょうにゅうどう) [shounyudo]



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]