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'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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There are a couple of really pretty names in there, I will save these for future reference, I struggle for pedigree names sometimes! |
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Well how is someone like me meant to say kat Being irish/italian  |
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 Well! Depends on whether you sound more Irish or Italian! It is a good job Paul isn't here, otherwise you would be taking a ribbing about now! pmsl |
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Well i wouldnt say i sound more like neither Paul knows not to say a word  |
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ha ha ha ha! You two are sooooo bad! You do make me chuckle though! |
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