Language Language (in English) turtlegenderpronounced as:
  • AfrikaansAfrikaansskilpad
  • Bahasa Indonesia Indonesian kura-kura & penju
  • Bahasa MelayuMalaysian sea-turtle: penyu
    softshell: labi-labi
    other turtles: kura-kura
  • Bangla Bengali Kachhim & Kochchhop
  • Brezhoneg Breton baot-vorf
  • Cesky Czech želvaf
  • Cymraeg Welsh môr-grwbanm
  • dansk Danish skildpadde
  • Deutsch German Schildkrötef
  • Eesti Estonian kilpkonn
  • English English turtle
  • Español Spanish tortugaf
  • Esperanto Esperanto testudo
  • Euskara Basque dortoka
  • Français French tortue f
  • Frysk Frisian skýldpod
  • Gaeilge Irish turtarm
  • Gaelg Manx turtylm
  • Hawai'i Hawaiian honu
  • HindiHindikachua
  • IgboIgbombé
  • ìslenska Icelandic skjaldbakaf
  • Italiano Italian tartarugaf
  • jezyk polski Polish zólw
  • Ladino Ladino tartugaf
  • Lakota Lakota Sioux keha
  • lingua Latina Latin testudof
  • Magyar Hungarian teknősbéka
  • Maori Maori honu / nguturoa
  • Nederlands Dutch schildpadf(m)
  • Norsk Norwegian skilpadde
  • Nukuoro Polynesian honu tolo/honu ssele
  • OccitanProvençaltartuga?
  • Papiamentu Papiamento morkoi,tortuga,karèt
  • português Portuguese tartaruga/cágadof
  • Romîn Romanian broascâ ţestoasâ f
  • SamoanSamoanlaumei
  • ShqipeAlbanian breshkëf
  • ? Sicilian tartucaf
  • SlovenskoSlovak korytnačkaf
  • SlovenčinaSlovenian želvaf
  • af-SomaligaSomali diin-kam
  • Suomi Finnish kilpikonna
  • Svenska Swedish sköldpadda
  • SwahiliSwahilikobe
  • tiêng Viêt Vietnamese con-rùa
  • TonganTonganfonu
  • Türkçe Turkish kaplumbağa
  • Xhosa Xhosa i-sikolopati
  • Ye' Iswa Catawba
    (South-Carolina)
    Kayäk
  • Thai 1: ta pab nam/plapha
    (softshells)
    2: tao (all other species)
  • Japaneseumigame, kame
  • Greek fchelona
  • Russian ftchiripacha
  • Farsi (Persian) laakposht
  • Arabic fsoulhoufat
  • Hebrew tsav (zav)
  • Bulgarian kostenurka
  • Chinese
    (traditional)
    1:
    2:
    1: pie (only softshells)
    2: uguei (all other species)
  • Chinese
    (simplified)
    1: pie (only softshells)
    2: uguei (all other species)

    N.B.: this is a collection of general words for 'turtle'. As a rule, more specific words like 'tortoise' and 'terrapin' are not listed because they don't refer to all turtle species. An exception is made if a language does not have an all-inclusive word for 'turtle'.
    Please inform me if your language is missing, or if you want to make a correction. If your language uses non-standard symbols please email me an image of the written word for 'turtle', and a transcription of this word. My email address:
    The first version of this list went online in May 2000 and it is older than other such lists. Please do not copy it to other sites. You are welcome to link to it though.
    I would like to thank Guneet Singh, Franz Fischer, Martin, Zahra PourMorady, Barak Gull, Kei, Anna (Elbereth), Rawad Massoud, Mohd Uzairi Zailani, Yehuda Hatsvi, Mindy Chapman, Matt Lund, Imaam Chowdhury and others for their contributions to this page.
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