WotD: abalone

[muckefuck]

1. das Seeohr, die Abalone
2. de zeeoor
3. la oreja de mar,el abulón
4. l'orella de mar
5. l'ormeau
6. y glust fôr
7. an chluas mhara
8. 전복 (全鰒)
9. 鮑 bào

Notes: In most Western languages, the usual name translates as "sea ear". Even the French ormeau is thought to derive from a postclassical *auris maris. (Cf. Jèrriais ormer.)

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

goodness, I'd never even heard of these things before.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Not even in English?

The most interesting thing I found while looking up the translations (it took me forever to find the Irish) was a story on the failure of a fish farm in Cape Clear that was trying to produce abalones for the export market.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

yes, at all.

I like reading these translations, btw (well, for the languages I know or at least can grok to some extent; the Chinese letters don't mean much to me at the moment).

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

it took me forever to find the Irish

you should bookmark focal.ie (http://focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=abalone)!

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

Would you cook a sea ear with a cloud ear?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Wood eye!

[bwillsouth.livejournal.com]

Obviously, then, the Ancients all had horrible cauliflower ear. Or at least the sailors did.

ABBA alone!

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I only know "abalone" as a joke on The Simpsons.