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The origin of "guinea" in "guinea pig" is hard to explain. One theory is that the animals were brought to Europe by way of Guinea, leading people to think they had originated there.[1] "Guinea" was also frequently used in English to refer generally to any far-off, unknown country, and so the name may simply be a colorful reference to the animal's foreignness.[2] Others believe "guinea" may be an alteration of the word coney (“rabbit”); guinea pigs were referred to as "pig coneys" in Edward Topsell's 1607 treatise on quadrupeds.[1]
guinea pig (plural guinea pigs)
- A tailless rodent of the the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia genus, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet.
- A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae.
- (figuratively) A living experimental subject.
- He became a human guinea pig and was paid by the company.
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- Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
- Albanian: kavie (sq), gini thi (sq)
- Arabic: خنزير غينيا (ar) (xinzīr ġinīya) m
- Armenian: ծովախոզուկ (hy) (çovaxozuk)
- Basque: akuri (eu)
- Belarusian: марская свінка (be) (marskája svínka) f
- Breton: razh-indez (br)
- Bulgarian: морско свинче (bg) (mórsko svinčé) n
- Catalan: cobaia (ca), conillet d'índia (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 豚鼠 (cmn) (túnshǔ)
- Czech: morče (cs) n
- Danish: marsvin (da)
- Dutch: guinees biggetje (nl) n, cavia (nl) m
- Esperanto: (♂♀) kobajo (eo), (♂) virkobajo (eo), (♀) kobajino (eo), (♂♀ offspring) kobajido (eo), (♂ offspring) virkobajido (eo), (♀ offspring) kobajidino (eo)
- Estonian: merisiga (et)
- Faroese: marsvín (fo)
- Finnish: marsu (fi)
- French: cochon d'Inde (fr) m, cobaye (fr) m
- Friulian: cavie
- Galician: cobaia (gl)
- Georgian: ზღვის გოჭი (ka) (zḡvis goči)
- German: (♂♀) Meerschweinchen (de) n, (colloquial ♂♀) Meerschwein (de) n, (♂) Meerschweinchenbock (de) m, (♀) Meerschweinchensau (de) f, (♂♀ offspring) Meerschweinchenferkel (de) n
- Greek: ινδικό χοιρίδιο (el) (indikó choirídio) f
- Hindi: गिनी पिग (hi) (ginī pig)
- Hungarian: tengerimalac (hu)
- Icelandic: naggrís (is) m
- Ido: (♂♀) kobayo (io), (♂) kobayulo (io), (♀) kobayino (io), (♂♀ offspring) kobayyuno (io), (♂ offspring) kobayyunulo (io), (♀ offspring) kobayyunino (io)
- Indonesian: (?) marmot (id)
- Irish: muc ghuine (ga) f
- Italian: cavia (it) f
- Japanese: モルモット (ja) (morumotto), ギニアピッグ (ja) (giniapiggu), テンジクネズミ (ja) (tenjiku-nezumi)
- Jèrriais: couochon d'la Dginnée m
- Khmer: កណ្ដុរសំពៅ (km) (kɑndao sɑmpɨv)
- Korean: 기니피그 (ko) (ginipigeu)
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- Ladin: porcel de mar
- Latin: Cavia porcellus (la)
- Latvian: jūras cūciņa (lv)
- Laz: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: jūrų kiaulytė (lt)
- Lower Sorbian: morska swinka
- Luxembourgish: Mierschwéngchen (lb) n
- Macedonian: морско прасе (mk) (mórsko práse) n, заморец (mk) (zámorec) m
- Maltese: fenek ta’ l-indi (mt)
- Navajo: łéʼétsoh beeniʼíhoniitaahígíí
- Norwegian: marsvin (no) n
- Occitan: cobai (oc)
- Persian: خوکچه هندی (fa) (xukče-ye hendi)
- Polish: świnka morska (pl) f
- Portuguese: cobaia (pt) f, porquinho-da-índia (pt) m, preá-da-índia (pt) m
- Romani: balo-koro m, bali-kori f
- Romanian: cobai (ro)
- Romansch: portg da mar (rm)
- Russian: морская свинка (ru) (morskája svínka) f
- Sami: mársa
- Sardinian: càvia (sc)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: заморче (sh) n, заморац (sh) m, морско прасе (sh) n
- Roman: zamorče (sh) n, zamorac (sh) m, morsko prase (sh) n
- Slovak: morča (sk) n, morské prasiatko (sk) n
- Slovene: budra (sl) f, morski prašiček (sl) m
- Spanish: (especially figurative usage) conejillo de Indias (es) m, cobaya (es) f, m (especially scientific usage), (Venezuela) acure (es) m, (Colombia) curí (es) m, (Cuba) curiel (es) m, (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Southern Colombian Andes) cuy (es) m
- Swedish: marsvin (sv)
- Thai: กินนี่พิก (th) (gin nêe pík)
- Turkish: kobay (tr)
- Ukrainian: морська свинка (uk) (mors'ká svýnka) f
- Upper Sorbian: wujk (hsb)
- Vietnamese: chuột lang (vi), bọ (vi)
- Volapük: (♂♀) kavead (vo), (♂) hikavead (vo), (♀) jikavead (vo), (♂♀ offspring) kaveadül (vo), (♂ offspring) hikaveadül (vo), (♀ offspring) jikaveadül (vo)
- Welsh: mochyn cwta (cy)
- West Frisian: bargemot (fy)
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1976 May 22, Joseph E. Wagner, The Biology of the Guinea Pig, Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-730050-3:
- ^ "Results for "Guinea pig"", Dictionary.com. URL accessed on 2006-08-29.
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