smoke on the water

[MarkusP]

trying to express it in the English building blocks

smoke
preposition and noun case
the
preposition/the
water

English: smoke on the water, water on the smoke.
Swedish: rök på vattnet, vatten på röken.
Värmlandic: rök a vatn, vatn a röken.
Old Swedish: røker a vatni(nu), vatn a røkin.
Late Old Swedish: røker a vatne(no), vatn a røkin.
Proto-Germanic: raukiz an watini, watōr an raukī.

[Naava]

I wasn't quite sure how to translate this one without more context - was it meant to be "there's [some] smoke on the water" or "that smoke [that is] on the water"?

smoke
preposition and noun case
the
preposition/the
water
genitive
postposition
partitive

English: smoke on the water, water on the smoke.
Swedish: rök på vattnet, vatten på röken.
Värmlandic: rök a vatn, vatn a röken.
Old Swedish: røker a vatni(nu), vatn a røkin.
Late Old Swedish: røker a vatne(no), vatn a røkin.
Proto-Germanic: raukiz an watini, watōr an raukī.

Finnish: savua veden päällä, vettä savun päällä
Southern Ostrobothnian: savua veren päällä, vettä savun päällä

[MarkusP]

I wasn't quite sure how to translate this one without more context - was it meant to be "there's [some] smoke on the water" or "that smoke [that is] on the water"?

There is some smoke on the water, unspecified

smoke
preposition and noun case
the
preposition/the
water
genitive
postposition
partitive

English: smoke on the water, water on the smoke.
Swedish: rök på vattnet, vatten på röken.
Värmlandic: rök a vatn, vatn a röken.
Old Swedish: røker a vatni(nu), vatn a røkin.
Late Old Swedish: røker a vatne(no), vatn a røkin.
Proto-Germanic: raukiz an watini, watōr an raukī.

Finnish: savua veden päällä, vettä savun päällä
Southern Ostrobothnian: savua veren päällä, vettä savun päällä

[Naava]

Ok, that's how I translated it.

[Linguaphile]

+ Spanish, Estonian, Võro, Hmong. In Hmong the word for "smoke" depends on what the smoke is from. I have used pa taws as it is the most general (smoke from burning wood, from cooking, from a fireplace).

smoke
preposition and noun case
the
preposition/the
water
genitive
postposition
partitive

English: smoke on the water, water on the smoke.
Swedish: rök på vattnet, vatten på röken.
Värmlandic: rök a vatn, vatn a röken.
Old Swedish: røker a vatni(nu), vatn a røkin.
Late Old Swedish: røker a vatne(no), vatn a røkin.
Proto-Germanic: raukiz an watini, watōr an raukī.

Spanish: humo en el agua, agua en el humo

Estonian: suitsu vee peal, vett suitsu peal
Finnish: savua veden päällä, vettä savun päällä
Southern Ostrobothnian: savua veren päällä, vettä savun päällä
Võro: suitsu vii pääl, vett suitsu pääl

Hmong Daw: pa taws hauv dej, dej hauv pa taws.
Hmong Njua: paa tawg nyob sau dlej, dlej nyob sau paa tawg.

[Multiturquoise]

+EL

smoke
preposition and noun case
the
preposition/the
water
genitive
postposition
partitive

English: smoke on the water, water on the smoke.
Swedish: rök på vattnet, vatten på röken.
Värmlandic: rök a vatn, vatn a röken.
Old Swedish: røker a vatni(nu), vatn a røkin.
Late Old Swedish: røker a vatne(no), vatn a røkin.
Proto-Germanic: raukiz an watini, watōr an raukī.

Spanish: humo en el agua, agua en el humo

Greek: καπνός στο νερό, νερό στον καπνό.

Estonian: suitsu vee peal, vett suitsu peal
Finnish: savua veden päällä, vettä savun päällä
Southern Ostrobothnian: savua veren päällä, vettä savun päällä
Võro: suitsu vii pääl, vett suitsu pääl

Hmong Daw: pa taws hauv dej, dej hauv pa taws.
Hmong Njua: paa tawg nyob sau dlej, dlej nyob sau paa tawg.