Not only cats, most sounds are expressed differently in different languages.
If you want to learn more about that you should search for cross-linguistic onomatopoeia.
Ah yes, reminds me of the old joke:
An otaku blacksmith's tool: някавайня
For clarification, it's nya-kawaii-nya, and it sounds like russian word for anvil, наковальня (nakoval'nya). Very roughly can be translated as on-smither. Also this word is feminine.
21 Comments
mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
What is nya?
LimpingCat@lemmy.ml · 54 pts · 2y
Meow in Japanese
zaph@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
Wow I didn't know cats spoke different languages. What does a cat sound like in Brazil?
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 2y
miau
Bonus: bunnies jumping in Japan can be heard making the sound pyon
tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 2y
Japanese has tons of great onomatopoeia. The Fox says "kon kon", and the mouse goes "chuu chuu".
Thisfox@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
And kissing is chu, I believe, so mice make kissing noises?
tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
Yep, a long kiss at least. 😛
Lokoschade@feddit.de · 11 pts · 2y
Not only cats, most sounds are expressed differently in different languages. If you want to learn more about that you should search for cross-linguistic onomatopoeia.
Steak@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Word.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Cows have regional accents.
CodexArcanum@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
😼 Нет, this is НЯ 🐈
mathterdark@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
so it’s pronounced Toys “ya” Us, not Toys “are” Us?
unreachable@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
HЯH
Spendrill@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Hя... Am I doing this right?
odium@programming.dev · 6 pts · 2y
HR 🐈🐈⬛
ickplant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
НЯ
GTG3000@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y
Ah yes, reminds me of the old joke: An otaku blacksmith's tool: някавайня
For clarification, it's nya-kawaii-nya, and it sounds like russian word for anvil, наковальня (nakoval'nya). Very roughly can be translated as on-smither. Also this word is feminine.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Hakase de HЯ~
Interstellar_1@pawb.social · 4 pts · 2y
I was having some trouble posting with the title of this post
Aatube@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
how dare you