Postby Mulder-21 » 2005-07-29, 4:06
Afrikaans: vlinder
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]
French: papillon
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]
Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]
Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]
Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a
Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq
Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Gløgt er gestsins eyga. (Føroyskt orðafelli)
Wise is the stranger's eye. (Faroese saying)
L'occhio dell'ospite è acuto. (Proverbio faroico)
Hosťovo oko je múdre. (Faerské uslovie)
Fluent: Faroese, Danish, English, German
Almost fluent: Norwegian, Swedish
Basic: Slovak (studying), Spanish
Have studied: Hebrew, Russian
Interests: Ukrainian, Romanian, Italian, Albanian, Armenian, Ossetic, Hungarian, Estonian, Baltic languages