How do you call kite in your country?

[Masami Takakuwa]

How do you call kite in your country ?

In Japan, we call kite as a name of Hata(:flag), Tako(:kite), Tenbata,
Ika(cuttlefish) , and so on which depends on the district of Japan.

Masami Takakuwa

[Wladyslaw Wojciechowski]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?

In Poland it is 'latawiec'.


Greetings!
Wlady

[Masami Takakuwa]

Thank you for your quick reply.

What is the another meaning of 'latawiec' ?

Is it a name of animal, bird, insect or other things ?

Masami Takakuwa

[Wladyslaw Wojciechowski]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
Thank you for your quick reply.
What is the another meaning of 'latawiec' ?
Is it a name of animal, bird, insect or other things ?
Masami Takakuwa

No, the word signifies a kite only. It is derived from the verb
'to fly' and has a suffix denoting a noun.

Regards!

Wlady :)

[kajter]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?

In Croatia kite is " zmaj ", it means dragon.

[Andrew Beattie]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?

This has been fairly well researched here:

http://www.kites.org/fredl/kiteword.htm

But the entry for Japanese is a little thin, you might care to update
Alfred Schwarz.

Andrew

[Masami Takakuwa]

Thank you for your post to my inquiry !!

Masami Takakuwa

[fungus]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?

In Spain we say "cometa", which is the same
as the word for comet (the things that fly
through space).

In Brazil it's "papagaio", the same as the
name of a small green parrot.


You can use google to see this:

http://images.google.com/images?q=cometa

http://images.google.com/images?q=papagaio
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Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?

In Germany it is " Drachen " and it comes also from dragon.

Best wishes

Bernd

[Nicola Lupoli]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?

In Italy:
"Aquilone" like a north wind, "Cervo Volante" like an insect, "Cometa" like
comet star (last word is used in south Italy).

Good winds
Nicola Lupoli

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In Seattle we call them "WET" :)
Brian McDaniel

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?
In Japan, we call kite as a name of Hata(:flag), Tako(:kite), Tenbata,
Ika(cuttlefish) , and so on which depends on the district of Japan.
Masami Takakuwa

[Jure]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
How do you call kite in your country ?
In Japan, we call kite as a name of Hata(:flag), Tako(:kite), Tenbata,
Ika(cuttlefish) , and so on which depends on the district of Japan.
Masami Takakuwa

In Slovenia we say as in Croatia "ZMAJ".

Jure

[Masami Takakuwa]

Thank you for your post.
What is the meaning of "ZMAJ" ?

Masami Takakuwa

[kajter]

Post by Masami Takakuwa
Thank you for your post.
What is the meaning of "ZMAJ" ?

"Zmaj" means "dragon"!