EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = kato kaj katido, katido kaj kato
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I really love kittens. So I urgently need a word for kitten in Balapuk. I also have included the word for cat so one can compare.
Looking up the Asian languages I've learned some interesting things. I found the Japanese word for kitten using BabelFish. As always, I double-checked by cut-and-pasting the Japanese word into BabelFish to translate it back to English. The result was 'child cat'. And did you notice that the Chinese for cat is 'Mao'? Poor kitties!
Coming soon in Word of the Day--- a word that means both 'chopstick' and 'fork'. And numbers! And eventually verbs--- but not irregular verbs. (Balapuk verbs all use Metamucil.)
For translation I use:
BabelFish
Traduku for Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools for Korean transliteration
Romanji Translator for Japanese transliteration
Chinese to English Conversion for Chinese translation and transliteration
I don't know if you use this blog anymore but I just wanted to comment on this particular post. I must say that this post truly offended me however I am unsure if my interpretation is correct. In this post you wrote "And did you notice that the Chinese for cat is 'Mao'? Poor kitties!" My thoughts turned to Chinese Communist Leader/Pig Mao Zedong whom I detest. However I am Chinese myself and was upset that you should relate him to a much older an much more sensible Chinese word that has absolutely nothing to do with him. In fact I think "mao" is extremely appropriate, after all, cats do make such a sound. Therefore I find it terrible that you should make such an inconsiderate statement. I myself am a cat lover however I will also stand up for my language.
ReplyDeleteBut, this could also be a misunderstanding. Perhaps you meant something else, I wish for you to kindly clarify this quickly please.