Afrikaans |
apartheid, gnu, impala, indri, kraal, mamba, trek, tse-tse |
Aleutian |
parka |
American Indian |
chipmunk, moccasin, pow wow, skunk, squaw, totem, wigwam |
Anglo-Saxon |
God, Sunday, beer, crafty, gospel, house, rain, rainbow, sea, sheep, understand, wisdom |
Arabic |
algebra, assassin, azimuth, emir, ghoul, harem, hashish, intifada, mohair, sheikh, sherbet, sultan, zero |
Araucanian |
coypu, poncho |
Australian |
boomerang, budgerigar, dingo, kangaroo, koala, wallaroo, wombat |
Brazilian |
abouti, ai, birimbao, bossa nova, favela, jaguar, manioc, piranha |
Canadian Indian |
pecan, toboggan |
Chinese |
chopsuey, chow mein, cumquat, kaolin, ketchup, kung fu, litchi, sampan, tea, tycoon, typhoon, yen (=desire) |
Czech |
howitzer, pistol, robot |
Dutch |
bluff, cruise, easel, frolic, knapsack, landscape, poppycock, roster, slim |
Eskimo |
anorak, igloo, kayak |
Finnish |
sauna |
French |
anatomy, aunt, brochure, castle, cellar, challenge, chocolate, crocodile, cushion, debt, dinner, entrance, fruit, garage, grotesque, increase, jewel, justice, languish, medicine, montage, moustache, passport, police, precious, prince, sacrifice, sculpture, sergeant, table, trespass, unique, venison, victory, vogue, voyeur |
Gaelic |
banshee, brogue, galore, leprechaun |
German |
angst, dachshund, gimmick, hamburger, hamster, kindergarten, lager, nix, paraffin, plunder, poodle, sauerkraut, snorkel, strafe, waltz, yodel, zinc |
Greek |
anonymous, catastrophe, climax, coma, crisis, dogma, euphoria, lexicon, moussaka, neurosis, ouzo, pylon, schizophrenia, stigma, therm, thermometer, tonic, topic |
Haitian |
barbecue, cannibal, canoe, peccary, potato, yucca |
Hawaiian |
aloha, hula, lei, nene, ukulele |
Hebrew |
bar mitzvah, kibbutz, kosher, menorah, shalom, shibboleth, targum, yom kippur, ziggurat |
Hindi |
bungalow, chutney, dekko, dungaree, guru, gymkhana, jungle, pundit, pyjamas, sari, shampoo, thug |
Hungarian |
cimbalom, goulash, hussar, paprika |
Icelandic |
geyser, mumps, saga |
Irish |
blarney, brat, garda, taoiseach, whiskey |
Italian |
arcade, balcony, ballot, bandit, ciao, concerto, falsetto, fiasco, giraffe, lava, mafia, opera, scampi, sonnet, soprano, studio, timpani, traffic, violin |
Japanese |
bonsai, geisha, haiku, hara-kiri, judo, kamikaze, karate, kimono, shogun, tycoon, zaitech |
Javanese |
batik, gamelan, lahar |
Korean |
hangul, kimchi, makkoli, ondol, won |
Latin |
alibi, altar circus, aquarium, circus, compact, diocese, discuss, equator, focus, frustrate, genius, include, index, interim, legal, monk, nervous, onus, orbit, quiet, ulcer, ultimatum, vertigo |
Malagasy |
raffia |
Malay |
amok, caddy, gong, kapok, orang-outang, sago, sarong |
Maori |
haka, hongi, kakapo, kiwi, pakeha, whare |
Nahuatl |
axolotl, coyote, mescal, tomato, tortilla |
Norwegian |
cosy, fjord, krill, lemming, ski, slalom |
Old Norse |
both, egg, knife, low, sky, take, they, want |
Persian |
bazaar, caravan, divan, shah, shawl, sofa |
Peruvian |
condor, inca, llama, maté, puma, quinine |
Polish |
horde, mazurka, zloty |
Polynesian |
kava, poe, taboo, tapa, taro, tattoo |
Portuguese |
buffalo, flamingo, marmalade, pagoda, veranda |
Quechuan |
llama |
Russian |
agitprop, borsch, czar, glasnost, intelligentsia, perestroika, rouble, samovar, sputnik, steppe, troika |
Sanskrit |
swastika, yoga |
Scottish |
caber, cairn, clan, lock, slogan |
Serbo-Croat |
cravat, silvovitz |
Spanish |
albatross, banana, bonanza, cafeteria, cannibal, canyon, cigar, cobra, cork, dodo, guitar, hacienda, hammock, junta, marijuana, marmalade, molasses, mosquito, potato, rodeo, sherry, sombrero, stampede, supremo |
Swahili |
bongo, bwana, harmattan, marimba, safari, voodoo |
Swedish |
ombudsman, tungsten, verve |
Tagalog |
boondock, buntal, ylang-ylang |
Tamil |
bandicoot, catamaran, curry, mulligatawny, pariah |
Tibetan |
Koumiss, argali, lama, polo, shaman, sherpa, yak, yeti |
Tongan |
taboo |
Turkish |
aga, bosh, caftan, caviare, coffee, fez, jackal, kiosk, shish kebab, yoghurt |
Vietnamese |
ao dai, nuoc mam |
Welsh |
coracle, corgi, crag, eisteddfod, hwyl, penguin |
Yiddish |
chutzpah, gelt, kosher, nosh, oy vay, schemozzle, schmaltz, schmuk |