Question to someone who knows other languages

[tickleteasing]

What does the word TICKLISH mean in other languages in other words how many translations of the world ticklish can you name?

 

[Mz Chaos]

cosquillas - spanish

 

[TeMpEsT949]

kitzlich- German

 

[BassNotBass]

For the record, I take no credit for this list. I just found it on someone's web site ages ago, and saved a copy. (Kind of an E-packrat that way.) Anyway, here you go.

1. Polish - l'askotat'

2. Afrikaans - kiele

3. Albanish - gudulisur,kilikosur

4. Bengal - katukutu dewa

5. Whiterussian - kazytat'

6. Bulgarian - gdelichkam,skokot

7. Chinese - sao

8. Czech - lechtati

9. Danish - kildre

10. Esperanto - kittli

11. Estonian - kodi

12. ewenk - nimjurwkajdemni

13. Finnish - kutitaa

14. French - chatouille

15. Spanish - cosquillas

16. Dutch - kittelen

17. Yidysz - kitslen

18. Japanese - kusuguru

19. Icelandic - kitla

20. Katalonian - pesigollejar

21. Korean - kangirida

22. Lithuanian - kutenti

23. Latin - titillare

24. Latvian - kutet

25. Macedonian - skokotanje

26. Malai - geli

27. Malagash - mantikitika

28. Moldavian - gidili

29. Mongolian - gidgik lai

30. German - kitzeln

31. Norwegian - kile

32. Greek - gargaliso

33. Penjab - kutkutari

34. Pushtu - technawel

35. Portugese - fazer cocegas

36. Russian - shtshekotat'

37. Romanian - gidlatura

38. Serbo-Croatian - golicati

39. Slovakian - s'tekilt'

40. Slovenian - s'c'egetati

41. Suahili - tekenya

42. Swedish - kittla

43. Tadjik - kitik

44. Tatar - kitik lai

45. Tibetian - kit si

46. Turkish - gidiklamak

47. Turkmenian - gidgik lamak

48. Ukrainian - loskotati

49. Uzbekish - kitiklamok

50. Hungarian - csiklanoz

51. Italian - solleticare

52. Vietnamese - cu,khieu goi

53. Flamand - ketelen

As I know a bit about Japanese, I'll add the following. In addition to "kusuguru" listed above, the Japanese character for tickle also carries the following alternate pronunciations: ryaku; raku; reki. Though I think these would only be used in compound words.

 

[Mastertank1]

Not to quibble

but one minor correction;
in Spanish as spoken colluquially in Mexico, and by the Puerto Rican buddies who taught me the language on the streets of NYC;
cosquillas means tickles or tickle
cosquilloso means ticklish
cosquillar means to tickle

 

[Mz Chaos]

but one minor correction;
in Spanish as spoken colluquially in Mexico, and by the Puerto Rican buddies who taught me the language on the streets of NYC;
cosquillas means tickles or tickle
cosquilloso means ticklish
cosquillar means to tickle

oops... got my ending wrong.

 

[Nedstacey2]

Thanks for that exhaustive list, BassNotBass. But being true to the literal content of tickleteasing's original inquiry, in French the words for 'ticklish' are chatouilleux and, of considerably more interest to me, the feminine chatouilleuse (as a French-canadienne friend of mine can attest ).

 

[method11236]

In Wookie it's "Grawwwwaaaaarrrrrr".



Meth

 

[steph]

Nice list Bass!

But, in Italian, it's actually "solletico"...

XOXO

 

[BassNotBass]

Nice list Bass!

But, in Italian, it's actually "solletico"...

XOXO

Thanks.

And you're right. The list appears to be all verbs, and the request was for adjectives. What can I tell you? I'm a guy; I don't read the instructions.

Japanese adjective form: kusuguttai

 

[steph]

I know, I'm Italian!
Still a great list tho!
XOXO

Thanks.

And you're right. The list appears to be all verbs, and the request was for adjectives. What can I tell you? I'm a guy; I don't read the instructions.

Japanese adjective form: kusuguttai

 

[Deadsea7777]

I know, I'm Italian!
Still a great list tho!
XOXO

Davvero sei italiana?, da dove sei in Italia?, Sei nata proprio in Italia o sei una dei figli degli italiani all’estero?, sono tanti da tutte le parti del mondo. I miei antenati sono d'Avellino nella regione di Campania.
Ciao bella donna.

 

[jk666uk]

that was a good question 🙂 🙂 🙂

 

[tkrexx]

Languages of the Philippines:

Tagalog (Pilipino), spoken in and around Manila and throughout most of the northern island of Luzon; the national language: Kilitian or Kilitiin for ticklish, Kiliti for tickle.
Cebuano/Visaya, spoken in the center islands region: Gitik; means tickle and ticklish.
Chavacano, spoken in the extreme south of Mindinao: Calam; means tickle and ticklish.

Interestingly, in all dialects, the word for ticklish also translates into "weakness."

Rxx

 

[SillyMan]

In Danish kildre or kilde is the verb, ticklish is kilden.

 

[JPie1]

so...whats the word in Hebrew? anyone know?

 

[starfires]

In Russian there is no single word for "ticklish". (By the way, the word Bass listed means "to tickle".) Instead, the expression commonly used is "afraid of tickling" -- and yes, it refers to being ticklish, as opposed to feeling actual fear.
Also, I used to have a friend from mainland China. He apparently didn't know the word "ticklish" in English, and used "afraid of tickling" when talking about it.

 

[tickle_feety]

transylvanian: iya wanna tickla yuh feeta (in the voice of the count from sesame street) ah ah ah

(please ignore this post, its early morning here and i had a lot to drink last night...)

 

[EmbraceSerenity]

In cantonese you say "jeet" which means tickle. i know because my cousins tickle me a lot hehe

 

[Phineas]

In cantonese you say "jeet" which means tickle. i know because my cousins tickle me a lot hehe

I have first-hand experience in the Mandarin side of things. While I don't know if the actual verb is "sao" as listed (doesn't seem right, though), I know that "ticklish" is "yang".

Then again, there may not be a direct translation. I looked it up in an online dictionary, and when I actually tickled a girl who didn't speak English at all while I was in China, she whined and said "yang!". So that kinda bears out that theory.

Damn difficult language, that one. Never mind the fact that there's so many regional dialects that two people speaking Mandarin may not even understand one another.

 

[MrPartickler]

I put many translations (or, as close as I could find) for "tickle" into my signature. Again, no credit taken for the translations except for the hour or so it took to find them and put them into a jpg. Since many are written in their original alphabets, it's possible there were a few errors introduced when copying them from the webpages to Word. But there they are...

 

[kilitiinko1]

Languages of the Philippines:

Tagalog (Pilipino), spoken in and around Manila and throughout most of the northern island of Luzon; the national language: Kilitian or Kilitiin for ticklish, Kiliti for tickle.
Cebuano/Visaya, spoken in the center islands region: Gitik; means tickle and ticklish.
Chavacano, spoken in the extreme south of Mindinao: Calam; means tickle and ticklish.

Interestingly, in all dialects, the word for ticklish also translates into "weakness."

Rxx

Diba!!!

 

[Mufasa]

i was quite the Latinist in my day and if memory serves, titillare would be the infinitive of the verb meaning "to tickle" if im not mistaken. ill assume that it could be an "us, a, um" adjective and say "titillus m., titilla f., titillum n.". it could quite possibly be a 3rd declension adjective so ill infer it yo be "titille,-is,-e. theres a useless grammer lesson for ya'll lol.

 

[njjen3953]

so...whats the word in Hebrew? anyone know?

If it is a male, the word is Regish. Regisha for a female. The literal translation means sensitive. To tickle is l'dagdeg.

I learned this when I was 14 and living in Israel. I had never heard the words before. At that moment, 2 Israeli guys had me pinned. The conversation was as followed.

Avi: He regisha? (Is she ticklish?)

Ofer: Meod. Yoter me dai. (Very much. Actually, too much.)

Too much? Is there such thing??? LOL

Jen

 

[bobcast2000]

Translation

I'm french, so please excuse my english.
In french, ticklish does not mean "chatouille" wich is tickle in english but means "chatouilleuse" (someone who is ticklish).