The Portable Veblen

APPENDIX C

65 Ways to Say Squirrel

Ainu—akkamui

Albanian—ketri

Apache—na’iltso’

Arabic—sinjaab

Armenian—skyurr

Azerbaijani—d∂l∂

Basque—urtxintxa

Cherokee—sa-lo-li

Chickasaw—funni

Chinese—songshu

Croatian—vjeverica

Czech—veverka

Danish—egern

Dutch—eekhoorn

English — squirrel

Estonian—orav

Filipino—ardilya

Finnish—orava

French—écureuil

German—Eichhörnchen

Greek—skiouros

Haitian—ekirèy

Hausa—beram-bisa

Hebrew—snaiy

Hindi—gilahari

Hopi—sakuna

Hungarian—mókus

Icelandic—íkorna

Igbo—osa

Indonesian—tupai

Irish—iora

Italian—scoiattolo

Japanese—risu

Korean—dalamjwi

Lakota—tasnaheca

Lao—ka hork

Mandinka—kerengo

Maori—ke-rera

Mbunga—nganu

Miwok—mewe

Navajo—hazèìtsoh

Norwegian—ekorn

Papago—chehkul

Persian/Farsi—sanjaab

Romanian—veverita

Romany—viaveritsa

Russian—belka

Sami—oarri

Sanskrit—kalandaka

Seminole—wiyo

Sioux—nayhenowenab

Swahili—kidiri

Swedish—ekorre

Tamil—anil

Thai—krarxk

Tibetan—say mong

Tlingit—dasq

Turkish—sincap

Uigar—tiyin

Vietnamese—con sóc

Welsh—wiwer

Yiddish—Ww’ww’rq

Yucatec—ku-uk

Zapotec—bi’achez

Zulu—ingwejeje