Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 16, 2005 01:59
21 yrs ago
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English term
bayou
Vattendrag specifikt för Louisiana - finns det en svensk term?
Proposed translations
(Swedish)
| 4 | bayou |
Mario Marcolin
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| 5 +1 | sumpigt utlopp |
Mats Wiman
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| 4 | bayou |
Fabio Descalzi
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| 2 | delta |
Kjelle
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Proposed translations
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Mario Marcolin
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
&
Swedish
Sweden
Words are forever...
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, German to Swedish, French to Swedish, and 4 more.
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bayou
obs att den här typen av vatten(drag) finna på andra håll än Lousiana
Jag har aldrig sett ett enkelt svensk ord utom möjligen "sumpvatten"
"Bayou [bajöu], i nord-amerikanska unionen, i synnerhet
i Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas och Texas,
benämning på en icke segelbar sidoarm till en flod;
äfven benämning på
icke segelbara, i landet djupt inträngande halsarmar af Mejikanska viken,
hvaraf »The Bayou state» såsom binamn på staten Mississippi."
http://proxy.www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/nfas/0326.html
Jag har aldrig sett ett enkelt svensk ord utom möjligen "sumpvatten"
"Bayou [bajöu], i nord-amerikanska unionen, i synnerhet
i Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas och Texas,
benämning på en icke segelbar sidoarm till en flod;
äfven benämning på
icke segelbara, i landet djupt inträngande halsarmar af Mejikanska viken,
hvaraf »The Bayou state» såsom binamn på staten Mississippi."
http://proxy.www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/nfas/0326.html
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+1
4 hrs
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
Works in field
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm) 
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
sumpigt utlopp
Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok, 3U
bayou [baɪˈu:, -ˈju:] s amer. sumpigt utlopp (utflöde) ur flod el. sjö
bayou [baɪˈu:, -ˈju:] s amer. sumpigt utlopp (utflöde) ur flod el. sjö
Peer comment(s):
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Karin Hellbom (X)
: Träskliknande utlopp, står det i Nationalencyklopedin
14 mins
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| neutral |
Mario Marcolin
: kan även vara en vik
2 hrs
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5 hrs
delta
är väl det som brukar kallas kallas "sumpigt utlopp" - som kommentar. Missisippideltat har man ju hört talas om ...
31 mins
Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay
GER>SPA Translator in Architecture
Native in: Spanish
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish
bayou
Reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica's Dictionary (1960) I can find for "bayou": 1. a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or bay; 2. a branch of a stream flowing through a delta. (this word comes from the Choctaw language, "bayuk", meaning "small stream").
So you can see: an American Indian word, taken by the French, and then kept by the US Americans.
Besides: "Bayou State" is the nickname of the state of Mississippi.
Hope all this helps.
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Note added at 15 hrs 1 min (2005-05-16 17:01:02 GMT)
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http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ms_intro.htm
\"The Bayou State: Mississippi is sometimes referred to as \"The Bayou State\" for it\'s slow-moving streams that wander through marshes and lowlands along the Mississippi River and the southern section of the state to the Gulf coast.\"
So you can see: an American Indian word, taken by the French, and then kept by the US Americans.
Besides: "Bayou State" is the nickname of the state of Mississippi.
Hope all this helps.
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Note added at 15 hrs 1 min (2005-05-16 17:01:02 GMT)
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http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ms_intro.htm
\"The Bayou State: Mississippi is sometimes referred to as \"The Bayou State\" for it\'s slow-moving streams that wander through marshes and lowlands along the Mississippi River and the southern section of the state to the Gulf coast.\"
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