Mine is oliva but azeitona in the language I’ve been studying :)

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    https://lexiglobe.com/olive-in-different-languages/

    It seems that there are a few common types of sounds

    • O-live: English, Basque, Dutch, Czech, etc. Potentially even Albanian and Japanese which kept the “Oh-Lee…” Portion
    • Zay-Toon: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, the language you are learning

    Then some unique ones that still might fit into those bins:

    • Marathi is listed as “Jai-fa-la”, which is still somewhat similar to the second type

    • someone commented Gan-lan, which seems to be different