Cat in Other Languages

Lots of people love cats the world over. Those of us on the staff of Sir Socks Le Chat are no exception. We have not defined any specific local for this magazine. It’s just online and floating around the Internet for all to see.

In case you haven’t noticed, we have Google Translate as a part of this site in case you want to get an idea of what the articles look like in a different language. I am well aware that Google Translate isn’t perfect. I have read things from other languages that were translated into English using Google Translate. The results aren’t that readable at times, but I was able to get the gist of what the writers had intended.

So, to include others around the world, we are adding a section on cat vocabulary. This is to recognize there are many more languages in the world other than English. A common language does help, but not at the expense of getting rid of other languages. And also to give an idea of how cats are viewed in different cultures around the world.

We’ll start with one word. Probably the most important in this magazine: cat.

Here’s our list for the word ‘cat’ in other languages.
(Source)
Albanian: macë
Arabic: kitte
Armenian: katu
Basque: catua
Bulgarian: kotka
Cantonese: Maow
Catalan: gat
Cherokee (Tsalagi): eesa
Chinese: miu or mau
Cree : bushi
Czech: kocka
Dutch: kat or poes
Egyptian: miw
English: cat
Eskimo: pussi
Esperanto: kato
Estonian: kass or kiisu
Ethiopian: domadh
Farsi: gorbe
Filipino: cat or pusa
Finnish: kissa
French: chat
Fula (New Guinea): gnari
Gaelic: pishyakan / Piscín, cait
German: katti, katze or ket
Greek: gata, gati
Gujarati (India): biladi
Gypsy: muca
Hawaiian : popoki
Hebrew: cha’tool
Hindi: billi
Hungarian: cica/macska
Icelandic: kottur
Indian: biladi gujarati
Indonesian: kuching, kutjing
Irish : cat
Italian: gatto
Japanese: neko
Kannada (Indian): bekku
Kmer: chma
Latin: cattus or felis
Lithuanian: katinas
Malayalam (Indian): poocha
Malay/Indonesian: kucing
Maltese: qattus
Mayan: miss, miz
Netherlands: kat (male); poes (female)
New Guinea: gnari fula
Norwegian: katt
Pakistani: shimii
Plains Cree Indians: minoos
Polish: kot or gatto
Portuguese: gato
Pusa: cat
Romanian: pisica
Romansch: giat
Russian: koshka (female); kot (male)
Sanskrit: marjara
Serbo-Croatian: macka
Slovak: mačka; muca
Spanish: gato
Swahili: paka
Swedish: katt
Swiss-German: büsi, chatz
Tamil: poonai
Tatalog (Philipino): pusa
Thai/Vietnamese: meo
Turkish: kedi
Ukrainian: kitska (female); kit (male)
Vietnamese: mèo
Welsh: cath
Yiddish: kats
Zulu: Ikati

December 10, 2018 0

Profile: Emperor Julius

So who is the dashingly handsome Emperor Julius? Want to find out a little more about him before he begins updating the magazine with monthly news from his realm? Read on!

Official name: Julius Augustulus, Emperor of the World

Age: 3.5 years

Breed: domestic shorthair (although he would prefer “domestic tiger”)

Birthplace: on a farm somewhere in mid-Missouri

Favorite foods: Purina brand anything, caramel, and banana cream pie yogurt

Favorite toys: string and sparkly fuzzy balls

Favorite game: chasing string around the kitchen

Favorite past times: stealing things out of trash cans, drinking out of the toilet, and snuggling with humans (not necessarily in that order, but sometimes)

Dislikes: not being fed on time, not being allowed in the trashcans

Best trait: extremely loving

Worst trait: no appreciation for “quiet hours” when the humans want to sleep

Murder tally: two mugs, three vases, one glass thermometer, countless pieces of paper, and maybe one cricket

Life goals: to eventually infiltrate the pantry where his food is kept

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Soon…

We’re less than a month away from our official launch! We have so many articles, stories, poems, and pictures to share with all of you fellow cat lovers. Julius will be contributing monthly reports from his empire, and there will be plenty of other content for everyone to enjoy. Stay tuned!

December 4, 2018 0

In Light of the GoFundMe Scam…

I’m not surprised we didn’t get more donations than we have. We’ve had none this month at all. I do know why. It’s because there aren’t enough people who know the staff and they aren’t sure if they can trust us. In this day and age, it’s perfectly understandable.

Recently, there were three people who used GoFundMe to raise money for a story they had made up. They are now in serious trouble. It’s not uncommon for people to scam others. I won’t go into the reasons why people scam others for money. But I will say when these things happen more frequently, it hurts all of us.

So, I’m not upset. There is another option that we already do to help raise money for cat charities. We have the book Cat Tales of the Frisky9 Scarf Army, which raises money for Dingo Venezia, a charity that helps cats in Venice, Italy and the surrounding islands. The book came about because I was interacting with the Cats of Twitter. They were behind the book every step of the way and I helped bring all their stories together. The ebook is still widely available. No money was spent on that project and it has raised US$435.04 and sold 62 copies. All that money has been sent to Dingo Venezia.

We are in the planning stages of another book about the Ambassacats of Twitter. They are led by Gladstone, a cat who came from a local shelter where he still lives, and now works in the treasury department in London, United Kingdom.

I know I’m looking forward to this project. There will be pictures and bios for each cat as there were in the other book. I’m sure Gladstone will want to talk about the Ambassacats and his life story as Frisky Le Rouge did in the book he was featured in.

So, if the only way we can raise money is by selling books, then we can do that. If this site cannot pay for itself before we have to renew the domain name, then we have another domain name we can use that is free. We will let you know if and when we need to make those changes.

Summary for November 2018:
no money in or out
over 400 hits on the blog
88 people get the posts emailed to them
13 people follow via WordPress
62 copies sold; US$435.04 raised for Dingo Venezia from Cat Tales of the Frisky9 Scarf Army

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