same word different mean in other country

[talycap]

ok i'm from the philippine there are words that has same spwlling but different meaning like for example

in japan the word "baka" means "idiot" or "fool" right?

but in the philippine the word "baka" means "cow"

why don't you share some word that has same spwlling but different meaning hope every one has a great time post here n__n

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by talycap

in japan the word "baka" means "idiot" or "fool" right?

but in the philippine the word "baka" means "cow"

I used to know someone studying arabic; she used to swear that 'baka' also meant 'young camel', though I'm not sure I believe her.

There's lots of cross-cultural homophones like this, even in english. In the UK, 'natty' means something looks fashionable and smart, according to my Coloradan friends, 'natty' means something tangled and dirty.

I also used to live in the same building as a Greek guy in Japan. In Greece they have a tradition of smashing plates, and you shout 'opa!' when you do so, which means something like hello/cheers. We went through a session where a lot of people broke a number of plates by accident and he, of course, jokingly shouted 'opa!' each time, other people joining in too. Too bad though, when we were in a restaurant in Kobe and someone knocked the waitress and she dropped a plate. 5 or 6 ryuugakusei shouted 'opa!', leaving all the Japanese people stunned, thinking we'd just randomly yelled out 'breasts!' at the poor woman.

[Shizu]

In Hungarian the word 'baka' means 'soldier' in slang.
We usually use this word for young soldiers, who just joined to the military.

This is funny, I think. We in Hungarian usually play our language, and in Japanese there are any word which pronunciation is the same like one of our words.
Other examples, there is a Japanese name 'Shou' (for example in the alice nine), and if you say it out, the pronunciation is the same like our word for salt. (in Hungarian: só)

The other word, I think you know that Japanese word: seme
Now, if you say this out loud, in Hungarian it's sound like 'someone's eyes'.
And we have a special phrase in Hungarian about eyes, and if somebody know the meaning of the Japanese 'seme' this phrase's meaning become a bit...funny and somehow nasty.
So we usually laugh a lot because of these.

[ayumiyuu]

Originally Posted by Shizu

In Hungarian the word 'baka' means 'soldier' in slang.
We usually use this word for young soldiers, who just joined to the military.

This is funny, I think. We in Hungarian usually play our language, and in Japanese there are any word which pronunciation is the same like one of our words.
Other examples, there is a Japanese name 'Shou' (for example in the alice nine), and if you say it out, the pronunciation is the same like our word for salt. (in Hungarian: só)

The other word, I think you know that Japanese word: seme
Now, if you say this out loud, in Hungarian it's sound like 'someone's eyes'.
And we have a special phrase in Hungarian about eyes, and if somebody know the meaning of the Japanese 'seme' this phrase's meaning become a bit...funny and somehow nasty.
So we usually laugh a lot because of these.

Hhheeheh...NICE....and what about 'Saga' eh?? (guitarist of alice nine)
....in hungarian the pronounciation of 'Saga' is the same like the word for 'someone's smell' (hungarian: szaga)
hehehehh funny, isn't it??

[diego187]

The Japanese name Marika in Spanish means faggot.

[ayumiyuu]

Originally Posted by diego187

The Japanese name Marika in Spanish means faggot.

....and the funny is that: Marika in japanese is Marika in hungarian too XDDDD
We have this name as for hungarian feamale name too. hehe lovely

[Shizu]

Originally Posted by ayumiyuu

....and the funny is that: Marika in japanese is Marika in hungarian too XDDDD
We have this name as for hungarian feamale name too. hehe lovely

Just like Erika. (in Hungarian)
I saw a dorama some month ago, and one the girl's name was Erika.
I looked like this --> O_________O
when I heard it. xD

[ayumiyuu]

Originally Posted by Shizu

Just like Erika. (in Hungarian)
I saw a dorama some month ago, and one the girl's name was Erika.
I looked like this --> O_________O
when I heard it. xD

heheheh
yeah....but the topic is about difference....SOOOO...what do ya think about the word : 'tora' ( also the name of the guitarist offfffffffff...yeah alicenine. 'Tora'....A9 is a weird band....)

[Shizu]

Originally Posted by ayumiyuu

heheheh
yeah....but the topic is about difference....SOOOO...what do ya think about the word : 'tora' ( also the name of the guitarist offfffffffff...yeah alicenine. 'Tora'....A9 is a weird band....)

*laugh*

his name mean in hungarian: 'someone's burial-feast' x"DDDDDDDDDDDDD

[ayumiyuu]

Originally Posted by Shizu

*laugh*

his name mean in hungarian: 'someone's burial-feast' x"DDDDDDDDDDDDD

yupp funeral.....huh??
and it also means the second part of the insect body 'tor'=thorax

so 'tora' means the bodypart of an insect..the insect's thorax.
XDDDD