seesaw

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• Received-Pronunciation: sô
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.sɔː/
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• rhymes with -iːsɔ
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• US: sô
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• US: /ˈsi.sɔ/
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• cot-caught-merger: sä
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈsiː.sɑː/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -iːsɑ
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• CMU ARPABET: S IY1 S AO2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: cilivi — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Asturian: cañiqueta — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Azerbaijani: yelləncək — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Azerbaijani: basqıncaq — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Bulgarian: лю́лка (ljúlka) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Bulgarian: кърбалка (kǎrbalka) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Bulgarian: карбалка (karbalka) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Catalan: palanca — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Chinese Cantonese: 搖搖板 /摇摇板 (jiu4 jiu4 baan2) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹺蹺板 /跷跷板 (qiāoqiāobǎn) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Czech: houpačka — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Danish: vippe — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Dutch: wipwap — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Dutch: wip — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Esperanto: baskulo — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Estonian: kiik — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Finnish: keinulauta — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• French: balançoire — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• French: balançoire à bascule — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• French: tapecul — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Galician: bambán — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Gallo: brancidjeule — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Georgian: აიწონა-დაიწონა (aic̣ona-daic̣ona) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• German: Wippe — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• German: (Allgäu) Gigampfi — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Greek: τραμπάλα (trampála) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Hebrew: נַדְנֵדָה (nadnedá) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Hungarian: libikóka — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Hungarian: mérleghinta — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Icelandic: vegasalt — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Irish: cranndaí bogadaí — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Irish: maide corrach — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Italian: altalena — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Japanese: シーソー (shīsō) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Korean: 널 (neol) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Korean: 시소 (siso) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Latin: oscillum — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Macedonian: клацкалка (klackalka) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Malay: jongkang-jongket — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Maltese: ċaqlembuta — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Māori: tiemi — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Norwegian: dumphuske — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Polish: huśtawka — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Polish: huśtawka wagowa — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Portuguese: gangorra — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Portuguese: balancé — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Portuguese: sobe-e-desce — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Russian: каче́ли (kačéli) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Scottish Gaelic: làir-mhaide — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Serbo-Croatian: klackalica — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Spanish: balancín — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Spanish: subibaja — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Swedish: gungbräda — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Tagalog: tiwasan — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Tajik: арғунчак (arġunčak) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Thai: กระดานหก (grà-daan-hòk) — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Turkish: tahterevalli — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Vietnamese: bập bênh — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Welsh: si-so — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Welsh: sigldyhoedan — structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle
• Bulgarian: друсане (drusane) — movement
• Czech: houpání — movement
• Finnish: keinuminen — movement
• Korean: 널뛰기 (neolttwigi) — movement
• Macedonian: клацкање (klackanje) — movement
• Scottish Gaelic: iobalag obalag — movement
• Spanish: balanceo — movement
• Bulgarian: люлея се (ljuleja se) — to use a seesaw
• Chinese Mandarin: 玩蹺蹺板 /玩跷跷板 (wán qiāoqiāobǎn) — to use a seesaw
• Dutch: wipwappen — to use a seesaw
• Dutch: wippen — to use a seesaw
• Esperanto: baskulumi — to use a seesaw
• Estonian: kiikuma — to use a seesaw
• Finnish: keinua — to use a seesaw
• Georgian: აიწონა-დაიწონას თამაში (aic̣ona-daic̣onas tamaši) — to use a seesaw
• German: wippen — to use a seesaw
• Hungarian: libikókázik — to use a seesaw
• Hungarian: mérleghintázik — to use a seesaw
• Icelandic: vega salt — to use a seesaw
• Korean: 널뛰다 (neolttwida) — to use a seesaw
• Macedonian: се клацка (se klacka) — to use a seesaw
• Māori: tiemi — to use a seesaw
• Norwegian: dumpe — to use a seesaw
• Russian: кача́ться на доске́ (kačátʹsja na doské) — to use a seesaw
• Azerbaijani: tərəddüd etmək — to fluctuate
• Bulgarian: колебая се (kolebaja se) — to fluctuate
• Bulgarian: флуктуирам (fluktuiram) — to fluctuate
• Finnish: keinua — to fluctuate
• Korean: 널뛰다 (neolttwida) — to fluctuate
• Māori: pīonioni — to fluctuate
• Norwegian: svinge — to fluctuate
• Russian: колебаться (kolebatʹsja) — to fluctuate