'CAT' IN OTHER LANGUAGES!
Afrikaans: Kat (cat) pronounced "kaht"; Katjie (kitten
Algonquin: Sinta [as spoken by the Cherokee Nation]
Arabic: Qit or Besseh
Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia): Kucing
British English: Moggy
Bulgarian: Kotka; Kotarak (m)
Cantonese: Maow
Chinese (Pinyin): Mao ["ao" like "now", high pitch, even tone]
Czech: Kocour (m) [like "kochka"]; Kocka (f) ["c" pronounced "ch"]
Danish: Kat
Dutch: Kat (cat, m & f, diminutive Katje, plural Katten); Poes (f, diminutive Poesje, plural Poezen); Kater (m, diminutive Katertje, plural Katers)
Egyptian: Míw
English: Cat
Eskimo: Pussi
Esperanto: Kato [colloquial]
Eithiopian (Ahamric): Domadh [prounouced Domath]
Farsi (Persian or Iranian): Gorbeh [like "gor BAY"]; Bache Gorbeh (kitten)
Finnish: Kissa; "Katti" (nickname for animal species)
French: Chat [like "shah"] Minou (kitty)
German: Kater (m); Katze (f) [like "KAT-tse"]; kitty is Mietzekatze ['meat-si-kat-tse']
Greek: Gali or Gata (f) Gatos (m) [has a soft "g"]
Gypsy (Lovar dialect): Muca
Hawaiian: Popoki or Kike (kitty)
Hebrew: Chatul (m) Chatula (f)
Hungarian: Macska ["c" pronounced "tse"] or Cica [like "tsee-tsaw"]. Hungarians call their cats like: cicuka, cicus-micus, szõrmi (siami cat), nyau-nyau
Icelandic: Köttur; kitten is Kisa
Indonesian: Kutjing
Irish: 'Cat', pronounced almost with a very short 'a' - almost like 'cot' in English, and with a very soft 't' (like in Italian, the 't')
Irish "Gaelic": Piscín [pronounced: Pish-KEEN]
Italian: Gatto (m) Gattina (female kitten)
Japanese: Neko [like "neck-o"]
Kmer: Chma [long "a"]
Korean: Koyangi [like "koh-yang-ee"]
Latin: feles, felix
Lithuanian: Katinas (male) - [ka:tinas}, Kate (female) - [kate]
Loglan: Katma
Maltese: Qattus (m); Qattusa (f)
Manx Gaelic: Kayt (cat, m & f), Stubbin (for Manx cat with a stubby tail or no tail), Pishin Kayt (kitten)
Mayan: Miz (pronounced: Meece)
Mexican: Felino (m), Felina (f) are "feline"; Gato (m), Gata (f) are "cat"
Norwegian: Katt
Pakistani: Shimii [like "she-mee"]
Persian: Pishi [like "pee-shee"]
Pilipino: Pusa; kitten is "kuting"; in Visayan dialect, kitten is "kuring"
Plains Cree Indians: 'Minoos' for cats and 'Minoosis' for kittens
Polish: Kot (m) Kotka (f) Kotek (kitty)
Portuguese: Gata(f) Gato(m)
Romanian: Pisica ["a" like "uh"]
Romansch: Giat [like "DJE-ah-t"]
Russian: Kot (m) Koshka (m or f) Kotyonok (kitten) and Koshechka or Kiska (little nice, pretty cat of any sex and any age)
Serbo-Croation: Macka
Slovak: Mizhu (m) or Kotsur (m); Machka (f)
Spanish:Gato [like 'gah-toh']; 'Gatito' for kitten
Swahili: Paka
Swedish: Katt
Swiss-German: Büsi or Chatz
Tagalog: Pusa
Tamil: Poonai
Thai: Maa-oh
Tsalagi (Cherokee): We'sa
Turkish: Kedi
TWI (Ghanaian language from W. Africa) : Kra [pronounced "krah" with "a" as in Ma]
Vietnamese: Con Mêo
Welsh: Cath [like "kahth", "a" as in "car"]
Yiddish: Kats
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