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| | Original script | Phonetic transcript (IPA) |
| Mandarin | 土豆，马铃薯 | tʰutou, maliŋʃu |
| Shanghainese | | |
| Cantonese | 土豆，馬鈴薯 | tʰoutau, ma:liŋsy |
| Hakka | | |
| Minnan | | |
| Vietnamese | | |
| Korean | 감자 | kamdʒa |
| Japanese | じゃが芋 | dʒagaimo |
| Spanish | patata, papa | patata, papa |
| Portuguese | batata | bətatə |
| Italian | patata | patata |
| French | pomme de terre, patate | pom dø teʁ, patat |
| English | potato | pəteitəʊ |
| German | Kartoffel | kartofəl |
| Polish | ziemniak | zjemnjak |
| Ukrainian | картопля, бараболя | kartoflja, barabolja |
| Russian | картофель | kartofeʎ |
| Hungarian | burgonya | burgoɲa |
| Greek | πατάτα | patata |
| Oromo | | |
| Amharic | | |
| Arabic | ابطاطا | baṭaṭis |
| Turkish | patates | patates |
| Persian | سیب زمینی | sib zami:ni |
| Panjabi | آلو | alu: |
| Urdu | آلو | alu: |
| Hindi | आल | alu: |
| Bangla | আল | alu |
| Marathi | बटाटा | baʈaʈa |
| Gujarati | બટાકા | baʈaka |
| Telugu | | |
| Tamil | | |
| Burmese | အာလူး | alu |
| Thai | มันฝรั่ง | man faraŋ |
| Indonesian | kentang | |
| Javanese | | |
| Tagalog | patatas | patatas |
| Mandingo | | |
| Fulfulde | | |
| Hausa | | |
| Yoruba | ànàmọ́ oyìnbó | anamɔ ojĩbo |
| Igbo | | |
| kiKongo | kikwa, mbala | kikwa, mbala |
| kinyaRwanda | ibirayi | ibiraji |
| kiSwahili | kiazi, mbatata | kiazi, mbatata |
| isiZulu | | |
| Quechua | papa | papa |
Comments (2)
Jens Wilkinson said
at 4:29 am on Feb 3, 2006
I was wondering: in the languages you guys know, does "potato" refer to only the common potato or to other things, like taro or sweet potato (yam), for example? In Japanese it would make a difference, because jagaimo is the common potato, but imo is a more generic term for various types.
Risto Kupsala said
at 8:56 am on Feb 3, 2006
It refers only to the common potato. There are different names for the other types. We could define yam and tuber as additional words. My dictionary defines tuber as "a swelling on the stem or root of a plant, in which food is stored: Potatoes are the tubers of the potato plant."
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