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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
Strong in the rain
Strong in the wind
Strong against the summer heat and snow
(Quotes from "Strong in the rain," Kenji Miyazawa)
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]
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]
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