Learn to say "squirrel" in almost 300 different languages!
Language: | Word for "squirrel" | Possible route meaning: | Species applied to this word: |
| Afrikaans: | eekoring, eekhorinkie | - | Red bush squirrel |
| Ainu: | akkamui | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Eurasian Flying Squirrel |
| Aklanon: | skiddil | - | Phillipine Squirrel |
| Alabama: | iplo | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Albanian: | ketor | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Aleut: | uulngiix^ | - | Arctic Ground Squirrel |
| Alleghany: | ahgwingwoos | - | - |
| Andrandr: * | eckorrel | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Anishinaabe: | agongos | - | - |
| Apache: | na'iltso' | - | Tassel-eared Squirrel, Arizona Gray Squirrel |
| Arabic: | sangab, alsenjaab | - | Persian Squirrel, Barbary Ground Squirrel |
| Arapahoe: | eenahnunnee | - | - |
| Armenian: | skyurr | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Atakapa: | paktsa'kc | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Azerbaijani: | sinjab, sancap, dele | - | Persian squirrel |
| Azeri: | sincab | - | Persian squirrel |
| Balinese: | tupai, bajingan | - | Prevost squirrel |
| Bantu-Botatwe: | sikaale | - | bush squirrel |
| Basque: | urtxintxa, katagorri | "Walnut Otter" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Belorussian | vaverka | - | Eurasian Red squirrel |
| Bena: | kimusese | - | Bush Squirrel |
| Bengali: | kAtHbIraI | "Cat in a Tree" | Asian Giant Squirrel, Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Bini: | ukpobian, otan | - | African tree squirrels |
| Blackfoot: | miiyattsi'kayi | - | Gray squirrel, Fox squirrel |
| Bondei: | nkongogo, nkindi | - | Bush Squirrel |
| Breton: | gwinver, kazh-koad | "wood cat" | Red Squirrel |
| Bulgarian: | katerica | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Bukusu: | muuna | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Burmese: | shin, shint | - | Callosciurus species |
| Byelorussian: | vevërka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Caddo: | she'wah | - | - |
| Cantonese: | chuhngsyu | - | Callosciurus species |
| Catalan: | esquirol | Latin, "Shadow Tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Catawba: | pa`yuhn' | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Cayuga: | joniskro | - | - |
| Cebuano: | skiddil | - | Phillipine Squirrel |
| Chavchuv Koryak: | jawylGen | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Chechen: | tarsol | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Cherokee: | sa-lo-li | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Chewa: | gologolo | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Cheyenne: | no'ee'e | - | - |
| Chickasaw: | funni | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Chinese: | sung shu | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Chinese Rock Squirrel |
| Chinook: | skudzo, ap-poe-poe | - | - |
| Chippewa: | klee-ay | - | - |
| Choctaw: | fani | - | - |
| Chontal: | cece | - | Yucatan Squirrel |
| Chorti: | ah-chuch | - | Yucatan squirrel, Mexican fox squirrel |
| Chuka: | nduru | - | African bush squirrel |
| Chukchi: | rawyl'eN | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Citumbuka: | benga | - | African bush squirrel |
| Cornish: | gwywer | - | Red Squirrel |
| Cree: | unkwatchas | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Croatian: | vjeverica | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Cushna: | tshumbo | - | |
| Czech: | veverka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Dagbane: | tibeya, sinsirega, larenga | - | genera Funisciurus, Xerus, & Heliosciurus |
| Danish: | egern | Germanic, "Oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Dawida: | nkungi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Delaware: | honneek | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Doe: | kifuluma | - | African bush squirrel |
| Dutch: | eekhoorn | Germanic, "Oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Eklektu: * | belka | - | - |
| Emakhua: | khopa, tcaka, sewu | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Embu: | nduru | - | African bush squirrel |
| English: | squirrel | Latin, "Shadow Tail" | Eastern Gray Squirrel, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Fox Squirrel |
| Eskimo: | siksik | - | Arctic Ground Squirrel |
| Esperanto: * | sciuro | Latin, "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Estonian: | orav | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Evenki: | uluki | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Ewe: | kadzidoe, kasanui | - | genera Funisciurus and/or Paraxerus |
| Faroese: | ikorni | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Finnish: | orava | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Fipa: | insyo | - | African bush squirrel |
| French: | écureuil | Latin, "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel, American Red Squirrel, Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Frisian: | iikhoarntsje | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Friulian: | sghirat, sghirate | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Gallegan: | esquío | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Georgian: | tsiqvi | - | Persian Squirrel |
| German: | Eichhörnchen | "Oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Gevove: | bongolo, kote, tsende, tsinzyamweli | - | Several genera, including Funisciurus |
| Gilbertese: | taoumene poukina | - | - |
| Greek: | skiouros | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Greenlandic: | Sissinnguaq | American red squirrel | - |
| Guarani: | kuatî | - | Brazilian Squirrel |
| Gusii: | egesengi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Gweno: | kichakoro | - | African bush squirrel |
| Gwere: | nkunyuku | - | African bush squirrel |
| Haida: | da'sqa, getltsa'k | - | American red squirrel |
| Haitian Creole: | ekirèy | French, "shadow tail" | - |
| Hausa: | kurege, beran, beram-bisa | - | ground squirrel (Xerus), African bush Squirrel |
| Hawaiian: | aka hehuelo | (not an original phrase) | - |
| Hebrew: | sna'ee, senaye | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Hehe: | ihiindi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Hiligaynon: | skiddil | - | Phillipine Squirrel |
| Hindi: | gilahri | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Hopi: | sakuna, koona | - | Tassel-Eared Squirrel |
| Hungarian: | mòkus | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Icelandic: | íkorni | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Igbo: | osa, uze | - | genera Funisciurus & Epixerus |
| Ikizu: | ekezanzamote | - | African bush squirrel |
| Indonesian: | bajing | - | Prevost's Squirrel, Plantain Squirrel, other Callosciurus |
| Ingush: | yarashduarg | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Interlingua: * | scuriolo | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| IñupiaQ: | siksrik, saqjataiyaq | - | Arctic ground squirrel, red squirrel (respectively) |
| Irish: | iora rua, iora glas | - | Red squirrel, Grey squirrel (respectively) |
| Italian: | scoiattolo | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Japanese: | risu | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Japanese Squirrel |
| Javanese: | bajing | - | genus Callosciurus |
| Jita: | omwililila | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Kahe: | usindie, kuda | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kalanga: | sindi | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Kamba Kitu: | kavale | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kamba Mach: | nduu | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kami: | lukwiri | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kampampangan: | skiddil | - | Phillipine Squirrel |
| Kannada: | aNilu, iNachi | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Karelian: | orava | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Kazakh: | tiyin | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Keni: | kbobori | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kerebe: | sonsoni | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kibosho: | kichakoro | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kiga: | nyamwenyi, samunyiga | - | Red bush squirrel, striped bush squirrel (respectively) |
| Kikuru: | gaturu | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kilege: | isana | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kimbu: | ukimpelembe | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kioway: | chahondeton | - | - |
| Kirghiz: | tiyin chichkan | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Kisere: | klob*isi, kibobori | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kisi: | konsolo | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kivinza: | ikiyondi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Klallam: | cha'chu'u'tsen | - | American red squirrel |
| Klingon: * | qon'Het'wa | - | - |
| Komi: | ur | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Konkani: | channi | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Korean: | taramchwi | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Kpelle: | Bou, lo, looN | - | African Bush Squirrel |
| Kurdish: | sihoreek, simolak | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Kuria Mago: | ikianyamange | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kuria Tari: | ekeng'erre | - | African bush squirrel |
| Kwere: | chifuluma | - | African bush squirrel |
| Ladino: | schirata | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Lakota: | tasnaheca | - | - |
| Lambya: | mbangalamwaha | - | African bush squirrel |
| Langi: | kinkono | - | African bush squirrel |
| Lao: | ka hork | - | Malaysian Palm Squirrel |
| Latin: | sciurus | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Latvian: | vàvere | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Lema: | kyichakoro | - | African bush squirrel |
| Limburghis: | ènkäörke, eikaore, ènkbujel | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Lithuanian: | voverė | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Lower Sorbian: | njewjericka | - | Eurasian red squirrel |
| Lozi: | kambwinji | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Luganda: | enkerebwe | - | African Bush Squirrel |
| Luhya: | shimura | - | African Bush Squirrel |
| Luhyia: | isiavale | - | African bush squirrel |
| Lumasaaba: | khawuu | - | African bush squirrel |
| Lunyoro: | akuwamutere | - | African bush squirrel |
| Lusoga: | emundhje | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mabia: | sikuvi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Macedonian: | skioyros, ververica | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Machame: | ngayaya, kiroroma | - | African bush squirrel |
| Magyar: | mokus | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Makhua: | khopa, nthulu, tcaka | - | African bush squirrel |
| Makonde: | ihindi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Malayalam: | annaan | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Malila: | udeha | - | African bush squirrel |
| Maliseet: | k'tchi-mi'-ko, a-sa-ko'-akw, saks-ka-'tu, mi'-ko | - | Gray squirrel, Ground squirrel, Flying squirrel, Red squirrel (respectively) |
| Maltese: | skojjatlu, skwiril | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Mamba: | kilochindi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mambwe: | amusyo | - | African bush squirrel |
| Manda: | ligudwani | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mandinka: | kerengo | - | African bush squirrel |
| Manx: | roddan biljagh | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Maori: | ki~rera | - | - |
| Maragoli: | kimuna, kijamany | - | African bush squirrel |
| Marathi: | khar | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Mari: | ur | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Matengo: | kiko bi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mayan: | ku'uk | - | Yucatan squirrel |
| Mbunga: | nganu | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mende: | bovi, sese, kaikulo, kponde, nguahi | - | Red-legged tree squirrel, Small green squirrel, ground squirrel (Xerus) |
| Meru: | kishakoriyo | - | African bush squirrel |
| Meruimenti: | mununguru | - | African bush squirrel |
| Merutig: | munuu'uku | - | African bush squirrel |
| Micmac: | ahdoo-doo-wech | - | - |
| Mingo: | tsu'ktákö' | - | - |
| Miwok: | mewe | - | - |
| Mkuu: | kloshiiri | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mkwaya: | nyamchororo | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mohawk: | arosea | - | - |
| Mokshen: | ur | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Mongolian: | kherem | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Mpongwe: | bembe, bobogo, tsende | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mpoto: | kikobi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mwera: | gont wa | - | African bush squirrel |
| Mweral: | shikuvhi | - | African bush squirrel |
| Natick: | mishaneck | - | American Red Squirrel, Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Nauran: | itùr iwin | - | - |
| Navajo: | hazèìtsoh | - | Tassel-eared Squirrel |
| Ndebele: | dlegu, klula, sindi | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Nenets: | tøryaxa | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Norwegian: | ekorn | "oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Nyamwezi: | kagoso | - | genus Paraxerus and Funisciurus |
| Occitan: | esquiròl | "shade tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Oglala Sioux: | zee-cha | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Ojibway: | atchidamoy | "tail in the air" | American Red Squirrel |
| Onandaga: | tshukatakee | - | - |
| Oneida: | tshukweloh | - | - |
| Oriya: | goondoochi moosa | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Osage: | see-ga | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Ossetian: | aekhshaeraeg | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Ostyak: | kot'urki | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Palana Koryak: | lagol'yn | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Papago: | ce:kol, chehkul | - | Tassel-eared Squirrel |
| Papiamento: | ardiya | - | - |
| Pashto: | nolai | - | unknown |
| Passamaquoddy: | mihku | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Paumari: | jopisisi | - | Brazilian squirrel |
| Persian: | sanjaab | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Piapoco: | materi | - | North Amazon Red squirrel, Red-tailed squirrel |
| Polish: | wiewiòrka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Popoluca: | mûtu | - | Mexican red-bellied squirrel |
| Portuguese: | esquilo | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Potawatomi: | sengo, citmowuk | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Powhatan: | messanik | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Punjabi: | gilahri, gul-leh-ree | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Quechua: | huayuashi | - | Amazonian Red Squirrel |
| Romansh: | stgilat | - | - |
| Romany: | viaveritsa | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Rumanian: | veverita | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Russian: | byelka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Saanich: | t'θəpsi'áθən | - | American red squirrel, Douglas squirrel |
| Sakai: | tupai | - | genus Callosciurus |
| Salish: | t'θəpsiáθən | - | American red squirrel, Douglas squirrel |
| Sami: | oarri | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Sanskrit: | kalandaka | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Sardinian: | schirrittu, schirrimatta, iscojàttulu | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Scottish: | feòrag | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Seminole: | wiyo, e-thlo | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Seneca: | tyihukwaes | - | - |
| Sepedi: | sehlora | - | genus Paraxerus and other African genera |
| Seri: | xpasiticl, xpist, ziix cozip | - | Ground squirrel, tree squirrel, unidentified squirrel (respectively) |
| Shona: | tsindi | - | genus Paraxerus and other African genera |
| Sicilian: | scoiattulu | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Sindarin: * | quiv | - | Tolkien Squirrel |
| Sinhalese: | lana | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Sioux: | nayhenowenab | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Slovak: | veverica | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Slovenian: | veverica | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Somali: | soongur, dabaggalle | - | Bush Squirrel |
| Sotho: | sehlorana | - | Bush Squirrel |
| Spanish: | ardilla | "like a flame" | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Nayarit Squirrel, Red-tailed squirrel |
| Sranan: | bonboni | - | genus Sciurus |
| Sudovian: | vevarē | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Swahili: | kidiri, kuchipika, kindi | - | Bush Squirrel |
| Swazi: | bu-shígwane | - | genus Paraxerus and other African genera |
| Swedish: | ekorre | "oak kitten" or "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Syriac: | sammora | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Tagalog: | ardilya, mutit | - | genus Sundasciurus |
| Tamil: | anil | - | Indian Palm Squirrel, Asian Giant Squirrel |
| Tarahumara: | chi-mu-ri | - | Nayarit Squirrel |
| Telugu: | ఉడుత (uDuta) | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Thai: | kra-ro:k | - | genus Callosciurus |
| Tibetan: | say mong | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Tlingit: | dasq | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Turkana: | ekunyuk | - | - |
| Turkish: | sincab | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Turkmen: | belka | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Twi: | opuro, akye, kukuban, opurosrebere, contodoe, osereben, apetebi | - | genera Funisciurus, Epixerus, & Protoxerus |
| Uigur: | tiyin | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Ukrainian: | bilka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Ulwa: | taitai | - | red-tailed squirrel |
| Upper Sorbian | wjewjerčka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Üqoi | thqööninikubëlhotii | tree rodent | Unknown |
| Urdu | glehri | - | Persian squirrel |
| Uzbek | olmaxon | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Venda | tshitªhura | - | Yellow-footed Squirrel |
| Vietnamese: | con sòc | - | Asiatic Palm Squirrel |
| Waanzi: | mbukeu, tsende | - | Stanger's squirrel |
| Welsh: | gwiwer | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Wolof: | jaar, xojag | - | African bush squirrel |
| Wyandot: | ogh'ta'eh | - | American red squirrel |
| Xhosa: | unomatse | - | Spiny Ground Squirrel |
| Yankton Sioux: | kee-hah-chah | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Yao: | kaleje, lileju, cisapembe | - | African bush squirrel |
| Yoombe: | kang, sese | - | African bush squirrel |
| Yiddish: | veverke | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Yemba: | biingi, simu | - | African bush squirrel |
| Yoruba: | oforo, okere, okuru, ikun | - | genus Paraxerus and other African genera |
| Yucatec: | ku'uk | - | Yucatan squirrel |
| Zapotec: | bi'achez | - | Mexican fox squirrel |
| Zarma: | kogné, kuregé | - | African Palm Squirrel |
| Zoque: | kuru' | - | Mexican fox squirrel |
| Zulu: | ingwejeje, intshindane | - | African Palm Squirrel |
(Note: *= Artificial Language)
Additional note: Notice that some languages may have more than one word for squirrel; because they apply a different word for a different type of squirrel.
