English For All: Non-English palindromic words (2)

Non-English palindromic words

Dutch

nepparterrestaalplaatserretrappen (33 letters) – "fake stairways from the ground floor to the sun lounge, made of steel plate"
koortsmeetsysteemstrook (23) – "a strip of a fever measuring system" (quoted by the Guinness Book of Records as the longest one-word palindrome in Dutch)
edelstaalplaatslede (19) - slider made of stainless steel plating
parterretrap (12) – "stairway to the ground floor"
meetsysteem (11) – "measuring system"
droomoord (9) – "A dreamworld"
legovogel – "a bird made of lego"
maandnaam – "name of a month"
nogawagon – "nougat wagon"
racecar (7) – "racing car"
lepel (5) – "spoon"
Kazak – "Cossack"
kayak – kayak
daad (4) – "deed, act"
deed – "did"
dood – "dead"
kaak – "jaw"
neen – "no"
raar – "weird"
soos – "club"
kak (3) – "shit"
kok – "cook"
lal – "drunken talking"
lel – "earlobe"
lil – "shudder"
lol – "fun"
lul – "penis"
non – "nun"
pap – "porridge"
pep – "zest"
pop – "doll"
pup – "pup, puppy"
sas – "sluice"
sis – "hiss"
sus – "soothe"
tet – "tit"
tot – "until"
tut – "nitwit"
ee (2) – "small stream"

[edit] Esperanto

erare (5) – "incorrectly"
imami – "to be an imam"
salas – "is salting"
sanas – "is healthy"
satas – "is satiated"
sidis – "sat"
sonos – "will make a sound"
aĉa (3) – "of poor quality; objectionable"
ada – "continual"
aga – "of or related to an action"
aĝa – "of or related to age"
aĵa – "of or related to a thing"
ala – "of or related to a wing"
ama – "of or related to love"
ana – "of or related to a member"
ara – "of or related to a collection or set"
asa – "of or related to an ace"
ava – "of or related to a grandfather"
ene – "within"
idi – "to be a descendant"
igi – "to cause to be"
iĝi – "to become"
ili – "they"
iri – "to go"
mem – "-self/selves"
nun – "now"
Obo – "name of a river in Siberia"
odo – "ode"
oho – "aha"
oko – "the number or numeral 8; a set of eight"
omo – "ohm"
Onano – "name of a comune in Italy"
Orero – "name of a comune in Italy"
ono – "divisor"
opo – "a collective grouping"
oro – "gold"
oto – (medicine) "ear"
ovo – "egg"
ozo – (biochemistry) "monosaccharide"
umu – "do (some unspecific action)!"

[edit] Estonian

kuulilennuteetunneliluuk (24 letters) – "bullet flying trajectory tunnel’s hatch" (the longest one-word palindrome in Estonian)
Soomemoos (9) – "Finnish jam"
munaanum (8) – "egg bowl"
ujutuju (7) – "swimming-mood"
kirik (5) – "church"
emme (4) – "mummy"
issi – "daddy"

[edit] Finnish

Finnish has two 25-letter palindromes:

saippuakuppinippukauppias – "soap cup batch trader"
solutomaattimittaamotulos – "the measurement laboratory result for tomato cells"

Other palindromes:

saippuakalasalakauppias (23 letters) – "soapfish smuggler". While the word is grammatically correct, soapfish (lutefisk gone bad) isn’t exactly a contraband.
saippuakivikauppias (19) – "saippuakivi vendor" (saippuakivi is a type of stone; some argue that this is the longest palindrome that is both grammatically correct and sensible, and that could possibly be used in everyday speech)
saippuakauppias (15) – "soap vendor" (perhaps the best known Finnish palindrome; the longest single word palindrome in the world that is in everyday use)
lammassammal (12) – "sheep moss"
taloussuolat – "household salts"
tavuttuvat (10) – "syllablizables"
seimimies (9) – "a manger man"
taiveviat – "joint faults"
tofu-ufot (8) – "tofu ufos"
Rotator (7) – (company name)
sammas (6) – "thrush"
tammat – "mares"
tissit – "tits"
tunnut – "you feel"
Anuna (5) - essive of Anu, a female name
nahan – genitive of nahka "leather"
navan – genitive of napa "pole, navel"
nolon – genitive of nolo "embarrassing"
noron – genitive of noro "trickle"
nälän – genitive of nälkä "hunger"
Oivio – (surname)
sadas – "hundredth"
Sokos – (company name)
takat – "fireplaces"
tavat – "habits"
telet – "telecommunications"
tikit – "stitches"
tilit – "bank accounts"
tokot – "gobies"
tukut – "wholesalers"
turut – "marketplaces"
akka (4) – "crone"
alla – "below", also a Russian female name
anna – imperative of antaa (give), also a female name
Ekke – (male name)
emme – "we don’t"
enne – "omen"
ette – "you don’t"
niin
Otto – "withdrawal", also a male name
Okko – (male name)
sees – "tranquillity"
siis – "therefore"
syys – "autumn"
teet – "teas"
tiit – "golf tees"
ämmä – "crone", also phonetics for letter M
ala (3) – "area"
ara – "macaw"
isi – "daddy"
olo – "feeling"
utu – "mist"
Ii (2) – (river and municipality in Pohjanmaa)