2006-06-29 23:41:16 · 21 answers · asked by Mars 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I think the closest you get is either Ma or Pa. Because of the way we learn to form sounds when we are babies. Those sounds (Or sounds very much like them) are usually the first we make so they evolved into ways of identifying the 2 most important people in our small lives.
Words in science and medicine are often similar or identical because they are often based in Latin...or if someone invents something now they name it and everyone around the world learns that name quickly. (As opposed to people inventing similar things on opposite sides of the world before our communication system became so instantaneous.)
I suspect the same is true of mathmatics.
2006-06-29 23:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anne 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming that you are talking about the spoken word, and not the written word, as different languages often have entirely different alphabets, making a word spelled the same in every language impossible.
I've studied many languages, including those without Greek or Latin roots, and I've never seen a different word for "beer." It's spelled differently in different languages, but always pronounced basically the same in my experience. The only difference might be a subdued schwa on the end of the word.
2006-06-30 06:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,
But
(That said, I wonder about the word like "FU(K", it is certainly used and understood. Could it be that the 4 letter word is the most wide-spread word on the planet !?)
2006-06-30 02:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree when they said MAMA & PAPA is the same in every language. Yes, Malaysian have use MAMA & PAPA but that is not famous in Bahasa Melayu.
We use : Bapa, Ayah, Bapak, Abah ( for father ) & Ibu, Emak, Ummi, Che', Bonda ( for mother )
What can i say the same is body movement! Only that!
2006-06-30 07:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by lazuardi.sepi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mama
2006-06-29 23:49:56 · answer #5 · answered by steincina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is Aleluya, or Halleyuya. i dont know how to spell it in English, but it is said or pronunce the same in every tongue and language.
2006-06-30 15:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lavender Pink 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course:)just look for international dictionary.There are dozens of word which are pretty much the same.especialy sciences:philosophy, mathematics and so on...Though you don't even need to look that far:internet is also the same all around the world...(and dollar, hehe...), names of the continents, oceans...zillions of words...
2006-06-30 04:02:34 · answer #7 · answered by rubbylicious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SH (meaning "quiet)
NA and YA don't have similar meaning in many languages, and not even MA and PA
2006-06-30 00:27:27 · answer #8 · answered by shiningthowra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A smile...though it's not a word but an expression, but I like that answer anywho. :o)
2006-06-30 00:22:25 · answer #9 · answered by kissmymindagain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in all the languages that i know they "Mama" and "Papa" means mother and father. "No" is also used in many languages.
good luck.
2006-06-29 23:52:08 · answer #10 · answered by john 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋