Saturday, May 24, 2008

Words Of The Day

Female, Woman, Lady, Girl
Male, Man, Guy, Boy
Uncle, Auntie,People,Person
Grand Mother, Grand Father
Nephey, Niece

Tagalog:
Babae (general)
Batang babae (young girl)
Matandang babae (old lady)
Dalaga (young lady)(also used to describe the marital status of a lady:single woman/lady)
Dalagita (teenage girl)
Lalake (man, male)
Batang lalake (young boy)
Matandang lalake (old man)
Binata (teenage boy)(also used to describe the marital status of a guy: single guy)
Tita/Tiyahin (Auntie)
Tito/Tiyohin (Uncle)
Tao (People/Person)
Lola (Grand Mother)
Lolo (Grand Father)
Pamangkin na lalake/babae(Nephew/Niece)

Cebuano:
Babae/Babaye (general)
Tigulang/Tiguwang na Babae (old lady)
Batan-on na babae/Batan-ong babae/babaye (young lady/woman/girl)
Dalaga (single lady/woman)
Lalaki (Man/guy/male)
Batang lalaki ( young boy)
Tigulang/Tiguwang na lalaki (old man/guy)
Batan-on na lalaki (young man/guy)
Ulitawo (single man/guy)
Tiya/Iya-an (Auntie)
Tiyo/Oyo-an (Uncle)
Tao/Tao-hana (People,Person)
Lola (Grand Mother)
Lolo (Grand Father)
Pag-umangkon na lalaki/babae (Nephew/Niece)

Japanese:
Onna (Female/Woman)
Otoko (Male/Man)
Obasang (Auntie)
Ojisang (Uncle)
Hito (Person/People)
Obachan (Grand Mother)

Korean: (Note: The spelling might be incorrect. Comments are appreciated)
Yoeja (woman/lady)
Sonyeo (young girl)
Jeolng eun yeoja (young woman)
noin (old woman/man)
namja (man)
Jeolng eun sonyeon(young boy)
jeolng euni (young man)

French:
Femme (woman)
Homme (man)

Fille (girl)
Garçon (boy)

Femelle (Female - never used for humans)
Mâle (male - never used for humans)

Tante (aunt)
Oncle (uncle)

mère (mother)
père (father)

Grand-mère (grand-mother)
Grand-père (grand-father)

Nièce (niece)
Neveu (nephew)

Bru (dauther-in-law)
Gendre (son-in-law)

Norwegian:
mann (man)
kvinne (woman)
pike OR jente (girl)
gutt (boy)
tante (aunt)
onkel (uncle)
niese (niece)
nevø (nephew)
bestemor (grand mother)
bestefar (grand father)
mormor (mother's mother)
morfar (father's mother)
farfar (father's father)
farmor (mother's father)

Contributor writers: Theresa and Chuchie
French contributor writer: Ghidorah
Norwegian contributor writers: kirewass, Pentad

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Some French:

Femme (woman)
Homme (man)

Fille (girl)
Garçon (boy)

Femelle (Female - never used for humans)
Mâle (male - never used for humans)

Tante (aunt)
Oncle (uncle)

mère (mother)
père (father)

Grand-mère (grand-mother)
Grand-père (grand-father)

Nièce (niece)
Neveu (nephew)

Bru (dauther-in-law)
Gendre (son-in-law)