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submitted 12 hours ago by wendyz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Mine is oliva but azeitona in the language I’ve been studying :)

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[-] Koolio@hexbear.net 1 points 15 minutes ago

オリーブ

[-] grranibal@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Azeitona in Portuguese

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

The tree is Olivo; the olives themselves are Aceitunas, but the oil is Aceite De Oliva.

This is Spanish.

[-] AccountMaker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Maslina in Serbian

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago
[-] lunlu@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

Literal psy-op

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

https://lexiglobe.com/olive-in-different-languages/

It seems that there are a few common types of sounds

  • O-live: English, Basque, Dutch, Czech, etc. Potentially even Albanian and Japanese which kept the "Oh-Lee..." Portion
  • Zay-Toon: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, the language you are learning

Then some unique ones that still might fit into those bins:

  • Marathi is listed as "Jai-fa-la", which is still somewhat similar to the second type

  • someone commented Gan-lan, which seems to be different

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Zay-toon is also common in languages from the Iberic Peninsula: both Spanish and Portuguese got it (and a few other words) from Arabic.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Zaytoon is also used in urdu and hindi.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 hours ago
[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago

I thought to myself that this must exist as a service, no? So I found this:

https://bulktranslator.com/

[-] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago

Olijf (Dutch)

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 hours ago

橄榄 "gan lan"

[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 2 points 10 hours ago

Its zeytin in turkish, what language are you studying?

[-] paequ2@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago

Aceituna en español

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago
[-] pwnicholson@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago
[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

Let's do oranges next

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 12 hours ago

Have you tried asking Google Translate?

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago

I don't think they need a specific answer, but rather they want to comment on the different variations

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago

O live you

Mice mice mice elf elf elf

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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