What is “olive” in your language?
-
Original question by @[email protected]
Olivka (oleevka) Russian.
-
Original question by @[email protected]
Măslină in Romanian.
-
That’s an Arabic loan word if I’ve ever seen one
In french argot, people still say zitoune (zitun), I believe they got it from the algerians. Otherwise it's just "olive"
-
Depends on the meaning (
)Sure depends on the meaning ! (
) -
That’s an Arabic loan word if I’ve ever seen one
Yep. Spanish has a number of Arabic loan words, given Spain was conquered by the moors for a bit.
-
Alyvuogių aliejus.
I think I just summoned something
-
I think I just summoned something
Yeah, the language is old (grammatically closest to PIE) so it isn't easily understandable for non-speakers.
-
Original question by @[email protected]
"azeitona" in Portuguese
"azeite" is olive oil
-
Original question by @[email protected]
Oliva in Catalan
-
Bonus points: what’s olive oil in your language?
Olivenöl. But I forrgot ze naime ov maine language
