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running out of memes so spellings of cat rule (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

pisică.

Wot?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Pisică" sounds a lot like "pussycat" and is the generic term but in specific it can refer to female specimens, while males are "pisoi" ("tomcat"). I'm not Romanian though, so more knowledgeable people please correct me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

True. I'm romanian.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah you got it all correct.

Anyway here are some synonyms that sound more like what other countries call cats.

Mâță (Cat/Kitty)

Motan (Male cat)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There is also "motan", which is used way more than "pisoi", but most of the time "pisică" is used no matter the gender

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pisoi pronounced like the french for urinal, pissoir?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the main theories in the etymology of this world is that it's the "pspsps" animal or in Romanian "pispispis". It's then noun-ified with the "că" ending and an "i" was added in the middle to make pronunciation easier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's brilliant. Their name for cats is a sound that pleases the cats.