translation for Aunt

marlene408 · Post by **marlene408** » 18 Oct 2004 22:17

I just became a new aunt and I have a few sisters so we all have a different name such as Auntie , Tia or Nina. I am looking for a name for my new nephew to call me.

Sisyphe · Post by **Sisyphe** » 18 Oct 2004 23:40

Congratulations

french : tante (children say : tatie, tata, tantine)

latin : anita

ancient greek : τηθις/τηθιδος [tethis/tethidos]

suiss-german : Dante (chil. : Däntli)

esperanto : onklino (chil. : onklinjo [onkliño])

didine · Post by **didine** » 18 Oct 2004 23:58

Finnish: täti, tätikulta
Estonian: tädi
Northern Sami (Lappish): siessá if you're his father's sister, muoŧŧá if you're his mother's younger sister, goaski if you're his mother's older sister

Polish: ciocia (ciociu when talking to you)
Russian: тëтя

Swedish: faster if you're his father's sister, moster if you're his mother's sister

flamenco · Post by **flamenco** » 19 Oct 2004 00:01

spanish: tía (tiiiiiia)
italian: zia (dzia)
dutch: tante (tannte)

ANTHOS · Post by **ANTHOS** » 19 Oct 2004 00:47

grec moderne

θεια

prononcé 'thia' (th comme th dans les mots anglais thin thick)

normalement, il y a un accent sur le ι designant la syllable plus forte (desolé -pb de police)

kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 19 Oct 2004 00:59

ANTHOS wrote:grec moderne
θεια
prononcé 'thia' (th comme th dans les mots anglais thin thick)
normalement, il y a un accent sur le ι designant la syllable plus forte (desolé -pb de police)

θεία avec la bonne police

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 19 Oct 2004 08:24

Danish & Norwegian: tante (universal) also faster and moster (used exactly like in Swedish; see Didine's post above)
Icelandic: móðursystir (lit. mother's sister); föðursystir (lit. father's sister).
Brazilian Portuguese: tia (pronounce: tcheea)
Romanian: mătuşă
Latvian: krustmâte
Scottish Gaelic: antaidh
Hungarian: nagynéne

helena · Post by **helena** » 19 Oct 2004 08:27

croatian: teta

Maïwenn · Post by **Maïwenn** » 19 Oct 2004 08:28

in Breton : moereb

kyliane · Post by **kyliane** » 19 Oct 2004 09:50

Aymara : ipa
Quechua : tiya, ipa

Kyl

PS : welcome to the club! (pas trouvé d'autre formulation, si quelqu'un connait l'expression qui va bien je suis preneuse

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Latinus · Post by **Latinus** » 19 Oct 2004 12:34

kyliane wrote: PS : welcome to the club! (pas trouvé d'autre formulation, si quelqu'un connait l'expression qui va bien je suis preneuse )

J'aurais tendance à dire "welcome on board" ...

vallisoletano · Post by **vallisoletano** » 19 Oct 2004 14:21

portuguese: tia

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » 20 Oct 2004 18:25

Congratulations

Turkish : teyze, hala

Arabic (Mounged printed dictionary):
عمة,
خالة

Arabic (http://www.ectaco.com): idem + زوجة العم أو الخال

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 21 Oct 2004 13:25

In Basque : izeba

In Japanese : 伯母 (older than one's parent) or 叔母 (younger than one's parent), both pronounced [oba] nowadays. 伯母さん and 叔母さん [obachan] are the forms used by children.

In Chinese : 阿姨 [a1 yi2] or 姨妈 [yi2 ma1] (mother's sister) / 姑姑 [gu1 gu] or 姑妈 [gu1 ma1] (father's sister) / 伯母 [bo2 mu3] (wife of father's elder brother) / 舅妈 [jiu4 ma1] (mother's brother's wife) / 婶婶 [shen3 shen] (wife of father's younger brother)

In Vietnamese : cô (father's side) / dì (mother's side)

In Czech : teta / tetka (familiar)

In Hebrew : דודה (doda)