"Kitty" in your language?

[undrentide]

I met a friend from Italy a few days ago and since he loves cats, he taught me two cats-related words in Italian.
cat : gatto
kitty : micio
I found the latter so cute, and wonder how the kitties are called in other languages.
Here's what I already know:

English: kitty (cat)
Italian: micio (gatto)
Hungarian: cica (macska)
Japanese: nyanko (neko) 窶堙俄?堙｡窶堙ｱ窶堋ｱ ﾂ（窶堙銀?堋ｱﾂ）


I'll be very happy if you add the words "kitty" as well as cat (in brackets) in your language or the language(s) you know to the above list.

[note] These are the words referring to a cat/cats and often used by small children.
I'm looking for similar words in other languages.

 

[thomas]

In German it's either

"Kaetzchen" (with ae = a-Umlaut, kitten) or

"Mieze", diminutive form "Miezchen" ("miezen" = to meow, in case of a kitten)

or the composite noun "Miezekaetzchen".

If I'm not mistaken it's "chaton" in French or even cuter, "mistigri".

 

[undrentide]

Thank you, thomas!

Miezchen in German sounds particularly cute!

Chaton indeed mean kitten.
I asked my French teacher and "kitty" is "minou" or "minouminou".
It's interesting that except English, they all seem to have come from the sound cats/kittens make!

 

[thomas]

I asked my French teacher and "kitty" is "minou" or "minouminou".

That's the one I was looking for! I didn't have my dictionary at hand when I posted.

I have never heard にゃんこ before, thanks for sharing this.

Perhaps we should open another thread for puppies.

 

[KirinMan]

In Uchinaguchi or the Okinawan language;

cat-mai-ya

kitten- mai-ya-gwa

 

[Davey]

What's up with all the cat threads recently ?
In dutch we say kat, or katje (to put je behind something is kind of the same as putting chan behind something to make it cute or when something is small/young) and poes (poesje).

Kinderliedje: Poesje mauw - YouTube

 

[Sylvor]

To expand on Davey's post:
Male cat is "een kater", even though it also means a hangover.
A female cat is "een kat" or "een poes".

P.S.: I didn't know you spoke dutch, Davey.

 

[thomas]

Male cat is "een kater", even though it also means a hangover.

The same phrase is used in German: "einen Kater haben", to be hung over (二日酔い). According to the dictionary "kater" derives from the term "katarrh" (catarrh).

 

[Hezam]

Lol i like this topic
In Arabic Cat = Qitt ( for male ) Qit-tah ( for female ), Also Hir ( for male ) Hir-rah ( for female )
But in Gulf countries accent we call it Gato or Gatou
In yemeni accent [ Nismi ] for male [ Nasam ] for female Bhahahahah XD

in Egyptian accent [ Ottah ]

 

[Nuala]

Kitty is Kitty in my language.