| Afrikaans: kat; kitten = katjie Algonquin (Cherokee): sinta Am. Sign Language: "take thumb and forefinger, put them alongside face and open and close them while stroking (your whiskers) outward..." Arabic: Ghat ("gh" is guttural), Qit or biss Aramic: shunra Armenian: gatz Assyrian: qatoo Bahasa (Indonesia): cusing ("koo-ching) Basque: Katu Bengali: biral British English: moggy Bulgarian: kotka Cajun "French": kitty = Minou Cantonese: Maow Cheyenne: póéso Chinese (Pinyin): mao ("ao" like "now", high pitch, even tone) Cree: Minoos, kitten = Minoosis Czech: Kocka; male = kocour; female = kocka Danish: Kat; kitten = Kattekilling; also use Mise Dutch: kat; female = poes ("poos" like "goose"); male = kater; male kitten = katje ("kat-ya"); kittens = katjes; female kitten = poesje Egyptian (ancient): Mou ("ou" as in "ouch") Egyptian: miw (comma instead of dot over the "i") or kut Eskimo: Pussi Esperanto: kato; kitten = katido; tomcat = virkato; clowder = kataro Estonian: kass Filipino: pusa Finnish: kissa; baby cat = kissanpentu; male = kolli; female = narttu; affectionate: kisu, misu, mirri (mirri has an additional, "naughty" meaning) Fulaani (Nigeria): (phonetic) = holoondoo ("who loon do") French: cat = Le Chat (silent "t") or Matou; kitty = Minou ("mee-noo"); puss = Minet(te); kitten = chaton German: female = die Katze (KAT-tse); male = der Kater; cats = die Katzen; kitten = das Käetzchen ("cats-chen"); kitty (and other nicknames) = Mietze ("MEET-sah"), Puschi, Pussi Greek: Ga'ta; kitten = gataki Gypsy (Lovar dialect): muca Hawaiian: Popoki; kitten (literally "cat child") = popokikeiki Hebrew: Chatool ("ch" is representation of a single letter in Hebrew, guttural sound); male = Chatul; female = Chatula; kitten male = Chataltul; kitten female = Chatatula Hindi: (phonetically) Billie Hungarian: Macska ("much-ka"); kitten (literally "little cat") = kismacska Icelandic: köttur Indonesian: Kutjing Irish: cat Italian: male = gatto; female = gatta; cats = gatti; kitten male = gattino; kitten female = gattina; nice male cat = Micio; nice female cat = Micia; nice kitten (male) = Micetto; nice kitten (female) = Micetta (ZOMFG Dx) Japanese: Neko ("Neh-ko); kitten = koneko; affectionate form = neko-chan or neko-chan Judeo Spanish: gato Kazakh: mysyk Kinkongo (Zaire): Nyau Kmer: chima (long "a") Korean: koyangi ("koh-yang-ee") Lakhota-Sioux: igmu Laotian: Mell (pronounced "Meyel" or "something close to 'Meow'" Latin: felis, feles, felix or cattus Latvian: kachit or kakis Lithuanian: Cat-ti-a; female = Katite Loglan: katma Macedonian: female = machka; male = machor Malay: kuching; "sweet little pussy cat" = kuchinta Mandarin: (phonetically) mao (rhymes with "cow") Manx (Isle of Man): kayt; cats = kiyt; tomcat = kayt firryn; kitten = pishin Maori (New Zealand): ngero (The "ng" is said like in sing ... you 'almost' pronounce the g) Mayan: miz (pronounced "meece") Mexican: Felino (m), Felina (f) Navajo: Moosi Norwegian: Katt Pakistani: Shimii ("shee-mee") Palauan: Katuu Persian/Farci (Iran): gorbeh (stress on second syllable); kitty = peesh-ee (peesh rhymes with lease, -ee like a short i) Pig Latin: at-cay, Itty-Kay, Om-Tay, Ussy-Pay, Itten-Kay, Eline-Fay... :-) Polish: Kot ("o" pronounced like "ou" in "court"); affectionate = kotek Portugese: gato; female = gata; kitty = gatito or gatinho Potawatomi: kazho, mayos, mayos; cats = mayosuk Quechua: michi; little cat = michicha Romanian: pisica ("peeseecka"); cats = pisici; male = motan Romansch: giat ("DJE-ah-t") Russian: male= kot; female = koshka; kitten = kotyonok ("koht-yon-ok"); affectionate form = koshenka; kitty = kiska Rumanian: Negru Scots Gaelic: cat; kitten = piseag; feline = mar chat Serbo-Croatian: Macka Slovak: Macka Spanish: gato; minino ("me ne no") Swahili: Paka Swedish: katt; kitten (literally "cat child") = kattunge; kitty = kisse Swiss Deutsche slang: kitty, kitty, kitty = Boozzhi, boozzhi, boozzhi Tagalog (Phillipine dialect): pusa ("poo-sah") Tamil (Indian language also spoken in Sri Lanka & Singapore): (phonetically) poo-NAI Thai: Maa-oh Tohono O'odham (native Am. tribe in SW Arizona): Mihstol (roughly pronounced mee-stol or mee-stow with the "l" barely sounded) Tsalagi (Cherokee): We'sa Turkish: Kedi; cats = Kediler Ukrainian: kotuk ("kohtihk"); affectionate: kitcha; "one who purrs" = Morrchik Vietnamese: Con meo Welsh: cath; kitten = cath fach; feline = fel cath, cathaidd Yiddish: ketzl; kitten = ketzleh Italian... *no more words to say D:* |
| Thanks! :D Oh, Malay's kucing. >w< |
| Ohoho epic! /doesn't know which word to use NEKO. AND CAT. 8D |
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| In Indonesian it's the same as Malay, Kucing... =x Where did Kutjing come from? >.> |
PiapiaOct 22, 2008 11:53 PM
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| GATO GATO GATO<3 |
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