Wednesday, February 10, 2010

How to say 'Chipmunk' in different languages?

Looking for a large list.





Not a translator site.How to say 'Chipmunk' in different languages?
Translator sites, as you can surmise, are LOUSY for translating technical terms such as animal names. In fact, translator sites are pretty worthless for most tasks other than to get a general idea of what a sentence is about.





Timbisha (Death Valley): k眉眉mpe 'ground squirrel', tapa'ai 'chipmunk', wo'i 'golden-mantled ground squirrel'





Shoshoni (Western dialect): wo'ih 'chipmunk', k眉眉mpe 'ground squirrel', tsippih 'ground squirrel', tsikih 'golden-mantled ground squirrel'





Ute (Southern dialect): akwiisichi 'chipmunk, ground squirrel'





Southern Paiute (Kaibab dialect): tava'a 'chipmunk', o'itsi 'ground squirrel'





Northern Paiute (Soutern Nevada dialect): tabba 'chipmunk'How to say 'Chipmunk' in different languages?
you're probably going to have to use a translator site - they should be pretty good for a single and specific word like 'chipmunk'
In Spanish it's ';ardilla'; (ar-dee-ya).
Chipmunk = Backenh枚rnchen (german)
A chipmunk is a ';striped-squirell'; in Japanese-';shima-risu';.
The question is tougher than it looks, because ';chipmunk'; is a native American word, and names a species not really found outside North America. My guess would be that (e.g.) if Spanish, French, or Chinese people wanted to talk about chipmunks, they'd either use the word ';chipmunk,'; or describe the animal as ';a small ground squirrel'; or something.

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