How to say “give” around the world

203 languages · 203 in their own spelling

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Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.

Language	Word	Romanization	Family
Chinese	给	gěi	Sino-Tibetan
English	give		Indo-European
Spanish	dar		Indo-European
Hindi	देना	denā	Indo-European
Arabic	أَعْطَى	ʔaʕṭā	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	দেওয়া	deōẇa	Indo-European
Indonesian	beri		Austronesian
Portuguese	dar		Indo-European
French	donner		Indo-European
Russian	дава́ть	davátʹ	Indo-European
Japanese	あげる	ageru	Japonic
Marathi	देणे	deṇe	Indo-European
Swahili	kupa		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	vermek		Turkic
Wu Chinese	拨	⁷peq	Sino-Tibetan
Korean	주다	juda	Koreanic
German	geben		Indo-European
Vietnamese	cho		Austroasiatic
Tamil	கொடு	koṭu	Dravidian
Cantonese	畀	bei²	Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	دینا	denā	Indo-European
Italian	dare		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	إدى	ʔidda	Afro-Asiatic
Western Farsi	دَادَن	dādan	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	予	ú	Sino-Tibetan
Hakka Chinese	分	fûn	Sino-Tibetan
Jinyu Chinese	给	gei²	Sino-Tibetan
Kannada	ಕೊಡು	koḍu	Dravidian
Polish	dawać		Indo-European
Xiang Chinese	把	ba³	Sino-Tibetan
Malayalam	നൽകുക	nalkuka	Dravidian
Odia	ଦେବା	debā	Indo-European
Burmese	ပေး	pe:	Sino-Tibetan
Ukrainian	дава́ти	daváty	Indo-European
Uzbek	bermoq		Turkic
Sindhi	ڏِئَڻُ	ḍiyanu	Indo-European
Romanian	da		Indo-European
Dutch	geven		Indo-European
Gan Chinese	把	ba³	Sino-Tibetan
Amharic	መስጠት	mäsṭät	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	ให้	hâi	Tai-Kadai
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	dati		Indo-European
Khmer	ឲ្យ	ʼaoy	Austroasiatic
Somali	siin		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	bermek		Turkic
Assamese	দে	de	Indo-European
Sinhala	දෙනවා	denawā	Indo-European
Greek	δίνω	díno	Indo-European
Kurdish	dan		Indo-European
Hijazi Arabic	أعطى	ʔaʕṭa	Afro-Asiatic
Tajik	додан	dodan	Indo-European
Sylheti	ꠖꠦꠅꠀ	deoa	Indo-European
Kazakh	беру	berüw	Turkic
Hungarian	ad		Uralic
Nyanja	-patsa		Atlantic-Congo
Southern Pashto	ورکول	warkawël	Indo-European
Czech	dávat		Indo-European
Uighur	بەرمەك	bermek	Turkic
Afrikaans	gee		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	乞	ké̤ṳk	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	bay		Indo-European
Swedish	ge		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	vermək		Turkic
Iloko	mangted		Austronesian
Bulgarian	да́вам	dávam	Indo-European
Belarusian	дава́ць	davácʹ	Indo-European
Neapolitan	dà		Indo-European
Central Kurdish	دان	dan	Indo-European
Kashmiri	دیُٛن	d'un	Indo-European
Danish	give		Indo-European
Slovak	dávať		Indo-European
Finnish	antaa		Uralic
Lao	ມອບ	mǭp	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	gi		Indo-European
Tatar	бирергә	birergä	Turkic
Catalan	donar		Indo-European
Guarani	me'ẽ		Tupian
Sicilian	dari		Indo-European
Kirghiz	берүү	berüü	Turkic
Armenian	տալ	tal	Indo-European
Lithuanian	duoti		Indo-European
Tok Pisin	givim		Indo-European
Lombard	dà		Indo-European
Georgian	აძლევს	aʒlevs	Kartvelian
Mazanderani	هادائن	hâdâen	Indo-European
Albanian	jep		Indo-European
Mongolian	өгөх	ögöx	Mongolic-Khitan
Chadian Arabic	أنطى	ʔanta	Afro-Asiatic
Galician	dar		Indo-European
Slovenian	dajati		Indo-European
Esperanto	doni		Artificial Language
Macedonian	дава	dava	Indo-European
Venetian	dare		Indo-European
Zhuang	hawj		Tai-Kadai
Latvian	dot		Indo-European
Quechua	quy		Quechuan
Estonian	andma		Uralic
Bashkir	биреү	birew	Turkic
Tibetan	སྤྲོད	sprod	Sino-Tibetan
Maguindanao	ingay		Austronesian
Western Frisian	jaan		Indo-European
Kalmyk	өгх	ögx	Mongolic-Khitan
Maranao	begay		Austronesian
Basque	eman		Isolates
Welsh	rhoi		Indo-European
Lü	ᦠᦹᧉ	ḣue²	Tai-Kadai
Walloon	diner		Indo-European
Maltese	ta		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	bermek		Turkic
Occitan	donar		Indo-European
Tetum	fó		Austronesian
Asturian	dar		Indo-European
Yakut	биэр	bier	Turkic
Papiamento	duna		Indo-European
Icelandic	gefa		Indo-European
Ngazidja Comorian	hupva		Atlantic-Congo
Friulian	dâ		Indo-European
Guianese Creole French	bay		Indo-European
Tuvinian	бээр		Turkic
Ao Naga	agütsü		Sino-Tibetan
Kambera	wua		Austronesian
Zeelandic	geve		Indo-European
Buriat	үгэхэ	ügexe	Mongolic-Khitan
Māori	homai		Austronesian
Dongxiang	ogi		Mongolic-Khitan
Abkhaz	аҭара	atara	Abkhaz-Adyge
Navajo	yíʼááh		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Komi	сетны	śetny	Uralic
Corsican	dà		Indo-European
Solu-Khumbu Sherpa	སྟེར	ster	Sino-Tibetan
Irish	tabhair		Indo-European
Aromanian	dau		Indo-European
Kashubian	dawac		Indo-European
Breton	reiñ		Indo-European
Tabasaran	тувуб	tuvub	Nakh-Daghestanian
Faroese	geva		Indo-European
Zou	pie		Sino-Tibetan
Scottish Gaelic	thoir		Indo-European
Southern Altai	берер	berer	Turkic
Sanskrit	ददाति	dadāti	Indo-European
Khakas	пирерге	pirerge	Turkic
Dungan	ги	gi	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	dar		Indo-European
Higaonon	ila		Austronesian
Ladin	dé		Indo-European
Hawaiian	hō		Austronesian
Kajtak	лукка́на	lukkána	Nakh-Daghestanian
Evenki	буми	bumi	Tungusic
Western Bukidnon Manobo	beɣey		Austronesian
Tohono O'odham	ma꞉k		Uto-Aztecan
Drung	bi		Sino-Tibetan
Upper Sorbian	dawać		Indo-European
Cherokee	ᎠᏓᏁᏗ	adanedi	Iroquoian
Northern Frisian	jiiw		Indo-European
Aragonese	dar		Indo-European
Lower Sorbian	daś		Indo-European
Even	бӫдэй	ʙjödəj	Tungusic
Dolgan	биэр	bier	Turkic
Pitjantjatjara	unganyi		Pama-Nyungan
Interlingua	dar		Artificial Language
Nanai	бувури	buwuri	Tungusic
Manchu	ᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ	bumbi	Tungusic
Ainu	kore		Ainu
Abaga	besi amo		Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Aklanon	bugay		Austronesian
Gulf Arabic	عطى	ʕaṭa	Afro-Asiatic
Aramaic	ܝܗܒ	yav	Afro-Asiatic
Tedim Chin	pia		Sino-Tibetan
Dalmatian	duor		Indo-European
Faliscan	do		Indo-European
Arpitan	balyér		Indo-European
Old French	doner		Indo-European
Old Frisian	ieva		Indo-European
Gothic	𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽	giban	Indo-European
Ancient Greek	δίδωμι	dídōmi	Indo-European
Hebrew	נָתַן	natán	Afro-Asiatic
Isoko	kẹ		Atlantic-Congo
Javanese	wènèh		Austronesian
Bangad	mangatod		Austronesian
Kankanaey	awat		Austronesian
Kaurna	yungkunthi		Pama-Nyungan
Latin	do		Indo-European
Livonian	andõ		Uralic
Low German	geven		Indo-European
Moselle Franconian	ginn		Indo-European
Malay	beri		Austronesian
Classical Nahuatl	maca		Uto-Aztecan
San Francisco Bay Ohlone	sume		Miwok-Costanoan
Church Slavic	дати	dati	Indo-European
Old Russian	давати	davati	Indo-European
Old English	sellan		Indo-European
Old Norse	gefa		Indo-European
Old Saxon	gevan		Indo-European
Oromo	kennuu		Afro-Asiatic
Sardinian	dàe		Indo-European
Sundanese	pasihan		Austronesian
Tagalog	magbigáy		Austronesian
Tooro	-ha		Atlantic-Congo
Tupinambá	me'eng		Tupian
Yiddish	געבן	gebn	Indo-European
Yurok	nahchek'		Algic
Dimli	daene		Indo-European
East Taa	ǃqháa̰		Tuu