formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6210 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 745 of 2491 02 September 2009 at 4:52am | IP Logged |
непереводимый nyepyeryevodniy
"untranslatable"
Russian
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 746 of 2491 03 September 2009 at 2:08am | IP Logged |
смерч (smyerch)
'tornado', Russian
formiko wrote:
непереводимый nyepyeryevodniy
"untranslatable"
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Wouldn't that be "nyepyeryevodimyy"?
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Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6033 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 747 of 2491 03 September 2009 at 2:34am | IP Logged |
Levi wrote:
смерч (smyerch)
'tornado', Russian |
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In Bulgarian tornado is торнадо /tornado/. The word "смерч" /smerch/ is also used but, as I understand it, only for a small tornado. It's funny how the meaning of words can drift away.
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formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6210 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 748 of 2491 03 September 2009 at 5:38am | IP Logged |
Levi wrote:
formiko wrote:
непереводимый nyepyeryevodniy
"untranslatable"
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Wouldn't that be "nyepyeryevodimyy"? |
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Yes, it would!
мармалад marmalad
jam, Bulgarian
Edited by formiko on 03 September 2009 at 5:38am
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 749 of 2491 03 September 2009 at 5:46am | IP Logged |
държава (darzhava)
'country'/'nation', Bulgarian
(Pretty much the only Bulgarian word I know.)
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formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6210 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 750 of 2491 03 September 2009 at 9:47am | IP Logged |
obodo
"nation", Igbo
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 751 of 2491 03 September 2009 at 12:51pm | IP Logged |
国家 (guójiā)
'nation', Mandarin
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Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5705 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian
| Message 752 of 2491 04 September 2009 at 1:13pm | IP Logged |
ţară - counry/nation, Romanian
Edited by Ashley_Victrola on 04 September 2009 at 1:15pm
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