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  1. das Spinnrad
  2. het spinnewiel
  3. la rueca
  4. la filosa
  5. le rouet, la rouette
  6. y droell
  7. an tuirne
  8. kołowrotek
  9. 물레
  10. 紡車 fǎngchē
Etymological notes: 3. From proto-Germanic *rokko "distaff" (cf. MdG (Spinn)rocken "idem.") 4. From fil "thread" 5. Dim. of roue "wheel". (Fem. variant is LA French.) 6. From tro "turn". 7. MIr túrna (cf. OE turn(i)an, OFr tourner "to turn). 8. ?Dim. of kołowrót "turnstyle" (from koło "wheel" and wróta "gate".) 10. 紡 "reel, spin" + 車 "cart"

Bonus translations:
  • Basque: txirrika (Cf. Biscayan txirringa "wheel")
  • Breton: karr-nezañ "cart [of] spinning"
  • Chickasaw: polonaatanni' (< polona "thread" + aa- [locative prefix] + tanni' "to spin")
  • Gaelic: cuidheall-shnìomha "wheel [of] spinning"
  • Hindi/Panjabi: चरखा/ਚਰਖਾ carkhā (< Persian چرخه charkheh "wheel")
  • Japanese: 糸車 itoguruma "thread-cart"
  • Okinawan: yaama
  • Russian: прялка prjalka (< прясть "to spin")
  • Turkish: çıkrık (< Persian?)
    Date: 2010-09-21 10:44 pm (UTC)

    From: [identity profile] itchwoot.livejournal.com
    small correction: das Spinnrad
    Date: 2010-09-22 01:14 am (UTC)

    From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
    Argh! Kann jemand mir diese verdammten Geschlechter nicht endgültig aus der Welt schaffen?
    Date: 2010-09-22 07:43 am (UTC)

    From: [identity profile] itchwoot.livejournal.com
    Ich werde das veranlassen, sobald ihr eure Vokale mal konsistent gleich aussprecht! ;-)
    Date: 2010-09-22 02:25 pm (UTC)

    From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
    Die Aussprache ist doch völlig konsistent! Nur die Schreibweise lässt ja zu wünschen übrig...
    Date: 2010-09-22 04:53 pm (UTC)

    From: [identity profile] itchwoot.livejournal.com
    nough theat yew maention it...

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