Our fileservers, Network Appliances filers, also started out as greetings but have evolved into toasts, since some toasts (notably cheers) are also greetings, and since the filers were originally marketed as toasters (do one thing and do it well). We can find some toasts here.
Let me know if you have corrections or suggestions for this table, or if you would like to suggest a greeting/language we don't have yet.
| hostname | greeting | Language | region | meaning | pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alhan | alhan | Arabic | Morocco/Magreb Area | hello | ?? | |
| alo | alo | Portuguese | Brazil | hello | ah-low(?) | |
| aloha | aloha | Hawaiian | Hawaii | hello? | uh-lo-hah | |
| apakabar | apa khabar | Bahasa Indonesia | Indonesia, Malaysia | what is news? | ah-pah-KAH-bahr | |
| ave | Ave | Latin | the Vatican | hail | ah-vay | |
| bianaoh | bianaoh | Mende | Sierra Leone | ?? | bee-ya-nah | |
| bienvenue | bienvenue | French | France | welcome | byahn-venoo | |
| bomdia | bom dia | Portuguese | Portugal | good morning | bom dee-ah | |
| cheers | cheers | English | parties | a toast to you! | cheers! | |
| ciao | ciao | Italian | Italy | hi | chow | |
| dagse | dagsê | Afrikaans | South Africa | Good day | duggg-sair | |
| diaduit | dia dhuit | Gaelic | Ireland | God be with you | jeeah-gwitch | |
| dobryden | dobry den | Czech | the Czech Republic | good afternoon | doh-bree den | |
| ellohay | ellohay | Pig Latin | Elementary Schools | hello | el-oh-hey | |
| fozimane | fo zimaane | Dagaare | Ghana, Ivory Coast | good evening | ?? | |
| gutentag | Guten Tag | German | Germany | good day | goo-ten-tahg | |
| hejsan | hejsan | Swedish | Sweden | hi! | hey-sahn | |
| hobo | hobo | Hokkien | Fujian province of China | how are you? | ||
| hola | hola | Spanish | Spain et al | hello | OH-lah | |
| homa | ho ma | Cantonese | Canton province | how are (you)? | ?? | |
| howsit | howsit | South African | South Africa | how is it? | how-zit | |
| jambo | jambo | Kiswahili | Southern Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda) | nothing wrong? | DYAHM-boh | |
| jonapot | jo' napot | Magyar | Hungary | good day | joh-nah-paht | |
| kachifo | kachifo | Ibo | Nigeria | good evening | kaa-chi-fo | |
| kalimera | kalimera | Greek | Greece | good day | kah-lih-MEH-rrah | |
| kedu | kedu | Ibo | Nigeria | good afternoon | kay-doo ? | |
| kiaora | kia ora | Maori | New Zealand | stay well | kih-yuh-aw-ra or kee-aw-ra | |
| kola | kola | Sioux/Dakota | North America | hello, friend | koh-la | |
| konichiwa | konnichi wa | Japanese | Japan | good day | ko-nee-chee-wah | |
| kumusta | kumusta | Tagalog | Philippines | how is it? | como esta? | |
| kwaziwai | kwaziwai | Shona | Zimbabwe | hello | kwa-zi-wa-yi | |
| labdien | labdien | Latvian | Latvia | good day | lub-dean | |
| mabuhay | mabuhay | Tagalog | Philippines | ?? | mah-BOO-hi | |
| manheru | manheru | Shona | Zimbabwe | Good evening | ?? | |
| menyapa | menyapa | Indonesian | Indonesia | to greet | ?? | |
| merdeka | merdeka | Indonesian | Indonesia | freedom | ?? | |
| merhaba | merhaba | Turkish | Turkey | ?? | MARE-huh-buh | |
| mhoro | mhoro | Shona | Zimbabwe | hello | MHAW-roh | |
| moni | moni | Chewa | Malawi | Good morning | moh-nee? | |
| monire | monire | Tumbuka/Bantu | Southern Africa | hello | like Italian | |
| morjens | Morjens | Finnish | Finland | hello (morning?) | mor-jens | |
| namonamah | namo namah | Sanskrit | India | hello | num-o-num-uh | |
| nihao | ni hao | Mandarin | China | you good? | nee-how | |
| osiyou | o-si-you | Cherokee | the Cherokee Nation | hello? | oh-see-yoh | |
| parev | parev | Armenian | Armenia | ?? | pah-rev | |
| saell | saell | Icelandic | Iceland | hello | si(l)e (soft el) | |
| salaam | salaam | Arabic | Arabia | salaam | sah-lahm | |
| saluton | saluton | Esperanto | worldwide | hello | sah-LU-tone | |
| sawasdee | sawasdee | Thai | Thailand | hello | sah-wah-dee | |
| sawubona | sawubona | Zulu | South Africa | I see you | sow-oo borna | |
| servus | servus | Romanian | Romania | at your service | sair-voos | |
| shalom | shalom | Hebrew | Israel | peace | shah-lohm | |
| tegur | tegur | Indonesia | Indonesia | to greet | teh-grr?? | |
| tere | tere | Estonian | Estonia | hello | teh-reh | |
| terve | terve | Finnish | Finland | hello | tair-vey?? | |
| uhaligani | u hali gani | Swahili | Africa | ?? | oo-ha-lee-GAH-nee?? | |
| xinchao | Xin Cha'o | Vietnamese | Vietnam | ?? | zin-chow? | |
| yahteh | ya'at'eeh | Navajo | New Mexico | ?? | yah-teh? | |
| yasu | ya su, or gia'sou | Greek | Greece | health to you | yah-soo | |
| yo | Yo! | Brooklynese | New York | hey! | yo | |
| zivijo | zivijo | Slovenian | Slovenia | long live | zhee-vee-yo | |
| In the Planning Stages | ||||||
| ahalan | ahalan | Arabic | Egypt | welcome(?) | ah-ha-lahn? | |
| ahnnyong | ahn'nyong | Korean | Korea | peace | ahn-yung | |
| inibara | ini bara | Bambara | Republic of Mali | you and your work? | ee-nee-bah-rah | |
| moningtru | moning tru? | Neo-Melanesian/Papua New Guinean Pidgin | Papua, New Guinea | good morning, isn't it? | moh-ning-true(?) | |
| nazdar | nazdar | Czech | the Czech Republic | hello | ?? | |
| sveiks | sveiks | Latvian | Latvia | hi | svayks | |
| Coming Sooner or Later | ||||||
| hello | hello | English | England et al | hello | hel-lo | |
| isalachi | isala chi | Ibo | Nigeria | good morning | ee-sah-lah-chee ? | |
| privyet | privet | Russian | Russia | regards | pree-vyet | |
| zravo | zravo | Macedonian | Macedonia | hello | zrah-voh?? | |
| Retired in favor of Produce names | ||||||
| bonjour | bonjour | French | France | good day | bon-ZHOOR | |
| dag | dag | Dutch | Holland | (good) day | dahg | |
| egunon | egunon | Basque | Spain | good morning | eunon | |
| moi | moi | Finnish | Urban South Finland | hi | moi | |
| namaste | namaste | Hindi | India | welcome | NUM-us-tay | |
| suilad | suilad | Sindarin (Tolkien elvish) | Middle Earth | hello | ?? | |
| vanakam | vanakam | Tamil | Sri Lanka | greetings | vah-nah-kahm | |
TUMBUKA
To greet someone you met (and presumably already said Hi to earlier)
we say, "Mwangele" and this means more than just saying hi. It asks
how the guy spent his time and if (s)he was working, how the work
went, etc
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Tenastalinh Amharic Greetings (Ethiopia)
GREETING PRONUNCIATION MEANING LANGUAGE
Salut! sah loo Hi (salute) French
Buenos dias! b(oo)aynoss dee(uh)s Good day (hello) Spanish
Gruss dig! grooss dikh Hello South German
Gruss Gott! grooss gott " "
Buongiorno! bon j(i)orno Good day (hello) Italian
Zdravstvujte! zdrasstvooeetye Hello Russian
God dag! Goo dah Good day (hello) Swedish
> 1. the greeting
God dag (can be written in one word. Pronounced (a bit like) like "Goh Dai")
> 2. what language
Danish
> 3. what does it mean?
Good day! (originally, I guess, "I wish you a good day")
1. Salibonani 2. Ndebele (Zimbabwe) 3. Hello
1. Uribo 2. Shona (Zimbabwe) 3. Hi, how are you?
Bambara is the language spoken by the dominant tribal group in the
west african Republic of Mali.
"I ni ce", pronounced "ee nee chay",
It literally means "you and yourself" (although a more literal
translation might be "you and your face"), and follows a common
informal greeting pattern, e.g.
I ni sogoma You and the morning
I ni tilenna You and the heat of the day
I ni wula You and the evening
Hyv{{ p{iv{{=buenas dias
Huv{{ huomenta=good morning
Hyv{{ iltaa=good evening
Hyv{{ y|t{=good night
N{kemiin=good bye
Hyv{sti=good bye
All in Finnish which is a Finno-Ugrian language.
1. Pa"iva"a"
2. Finnish
3. Hello
Subject: hello in welsh
X-URL: http://www.cs.brown.edu/fun/welsh/LexiconWE.html
annerch [anerch-] - (v.) salute, greet, address
{ (address) Annerch is "address" in the sense of
"address someone on the street". }
annerch [anerchion, anerchiadau, m.] - (n.)
salutation,
greeting, address
{ (address) Annerch is "address" in the sense of a
greeting. }
cyfarch [cyfarch-] - (v.) greet, salute, address, accost
cyfarchiad [-au, m.] - (n.) greeting, salutation
ymannerch [ymannerch-] - (v.) greet
Of course, the actual pronunciations are not what
you'd expect
(welsh is very strange)
Language/Region Greeting Notes
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Akan / Ivory Coast, maaha good afternoon
Ghana
Akan / Ivory Coast, maagyo good evening, pron; maajoe
Ghana
Romanian buna ziua g. afternoon
Dagaare is a language of Ghana. Variants of it are also spoken in
Burkina Faso.
Fo angsoma - Good morning
Fo ngmenaa - Good afternoon
If you're look for more languages for a new server, may I submit?:
"Naatuma" (Dagbamba, a beautiful language from a remote region of
Ghana), and "Etesein" (Twi, also from Ghana).
Australian:
G'day = Good Day
Avagoodwun (Have a good one - day/weekend or whatever)
And, from the
Animaniacs:
In Thailand, "sabai dee roo"
The Netherlands, it's "dahkh"
And "hey" in Little Rock.
In Russian it's "zdrahstvooyteh"
Which sounds way better sung.
From a book I read Jenny about different people:
mogethin from Yap, Micronesia
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/
Ale-ychem! Goddag! Sut Mae!
Hej! Buna Ziua! Dzien' dobry!
Welkom! Bien-vindo! Hei! Bienvenido! Bienvenuto! Hallo'! Salve! Hallo!
Willkommen!
SaCaPasse'
Sa Ca Passe'
"what is passing (what's happening)?"
broken French as spoken in St. Lucia
Ce Cai Ca' Fet' ("t" is silent).
It sounds like one word when the natives say it:
"CeCaiCaFet" (phonetically: kee-saa-kaa-fair): in the American
tongue, it would be ("what/how are your doing" -- a kind of hello).
broken French as spoken in St. Lucia
GREETING PRONUNCIATION MEANING LANGUAG
gamarjobat gah-mar-joh-baht hello georgian
("kartuli" is the name for georgian in georgian)
Sut mae - Welsh
Selamat pagi -Malaysian-Bahasa Malay