Word of the Day

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Boy, girl, man, woman

But in no language are the words for “girl” and “woman” derived from those for “boy” and “man.”

Portuguese: menino - menina, garoto - garota, cachopo - cachopa, rapaz - rapariga - moço - moça
Spanish: niño - niña, nene - nena, chico - chica, muchacho - muchacha, chavo - chava, chaval - chavala, rapaz - rapaza, mozo - moza
Italian: bimbo - bimba, bambino - bambina, monello - monella, fanciullo - fanciulla, ragazzo - ragazza...
Catalan: xiquet - xiqueta, xicot - xicota, al·lot - al·lota, noi - noia, nen - nena
Latin: puellus - puella
Czech: holec/hoch - holka

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

Ele precisa estudar mais.
Comentaram lá tambémque Woman seria wife + man.