Fire in 1169 languages

1169 languages

Fire / flame as a phenomenon; not "match" or "campfire".

Major languages

English

fire

/faɪə/

13 readings of the same spelling

Chinese

火

/xwo˧˩˧/

2 different spellings

хуә

/xuə˥˩/

Dungan

Telugu

నిప్పు

/nippu/

East Asia (61)

Yi

ꃆꄔ

/mu˨˩tu˥/

Hani

miqzaq

/mi˧˩dza˧˩/

Akha

mi dza

/mi˨˩dza˨˩/

Azhe

mɯtɯ

/mɯ˥˥tɯ˥˥/

Southeast Asia (92)

Khmer

ភ្លើង

/pʰlɤːŋ/

Lisu

a-to

/ɑ˥˥to˥˥/

Nias

alitö

/aˈlitɤ/

Lao

ໄຟ

/faj˧˥/

Khmu

pʰrɨə

/pʰrɨə/

Shan

ၾႆး

/faj˥/

Wa

ngu

/ŋu/

Mon

ပၟတ်

/kəmot/

Pa'O

မေႏ

/me˥˥/

South Asia (75)

Dari

آتش

/ɑːtaʃ/

Pashai

انگاری

/aŋɡaːri/

Odia

ନିଆଁ

/niãː/

Santali

ᱥᱮᱝᱜᱮᱞ

/seŋɡel/

Bodo

वाथार

/watʰar/

Ho

sengel

/seŋɡel/

Sora

toʼoge

/toʔoɡe/

Gondi

तड्मि

/taɖmi/

Kodava

ತಿತ್ತ್

/tittɨ/

Middle East & Central Asia (81)

Udi

арух

/arux/

Sibe

ᡨᡠᠸᠠ

/tʰuɑ/

Svan

ლემესგ

/lemesɡ/

Lak

цӏу

/tsʼu/

Andi

цӏай

/tsʼaj/

Beja

neʼaat

/neʔaːt/

Laz

დაჩხური

/datʃxuri/

Europe (128)

Greek

φωτιά

/foˈtʲa/

Veps

lämoi

/ˈlæmoi/

Rusyn

огень

/ˈohenʲ/

Ido

fairo

/faˈiro/

Africa (175)

Taa

ǀʼàã

/ǀʼãː/

Kera

cəwa

/tʃə̄wā/

Dan

pɛ̄ŋ

/pɛ̄ŋ/

Ndau

muriro

/muɾiɾo/

Edo

erhẹn

/eɾɛ̃/

Asu

mshika

/mʃika/

Soga

omuliro

/omuliɾo/

North America (105)

Cree

ᐃᐢᑯᑌᐤ

/iskoteːw/

Mohawk

otsénhaʼ

/odzʌ̃́haʔ/

Haida

tsʼáanuu

/tsʼɑ́ːnuː/

Mam

qʼaqʼ

/qʼaqʼ/

Yurok

meʼlonok

/meʔlonok/

Aleut

кигнах̆

/kiɡnaχ/

Hopi

qööhi

/qøːhi/

Oneida

o:tsísteʼ

/oːdʒísteʔ/

Latin America (64)

Hup

teg hɔ̃́

/teɡ hɔ̃́/

Dâw

bohõ̂

/bohõ̂/

Oceania & the Pacific (71)

Tiwi

yikwani

/jikʷani/

Huli

ira hungu

/iɾa huŋɡu/

Siberia & North Asia (24)

Even

тоог

/toːɡ/

Ancient & historical (122)

Hittite

17–12cBCE

𒉺𒄴𒄯

/paxːur/

Luwian

16–8cBCE

pāḫur

/ˈpaːxur/

Avestan

15–5cBCE

𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭

/aːtar/

Sanskrit

15cBCE–21cCE

अग्निः

/aɡniɦ/

Aramaic

10cBCE–13cCE

ܢܘܪܐ

/nuːraː/

Punic

8cBCE–6cCE

𐤀𐤔

/ʔeʃ/

Latin

7cBCE–6cCE

ignis

/ˈiŋnis/

Pali

5–1cBCE

अग्गि

/aɡːi/

Sogdian

4cBCE–11cCE

ʾātar

/aːtar/

Ge'ez

1–10c

እሳት

/ʔəsaːt/

Coptic

3–17c

ⲕⲣⲱⲙ

/kroːm/

Gothic

3–8c

𐍆𐍉𐌽

/foːn/

Pazeh

18–21c

hapuy

/hapuj/

Yugh

18–20c

бок

/bok/

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