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• Received-Pronunciation: /wʊlf/
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• General-American: /wʊlf/
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• General-American: [wʊɫf]
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• General-American: [wɵɫf]
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• Southern-US: [wʟ̩ːf]
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• New-Zealand: /wʊlf/
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• New-Zealand: [wʊwf]
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /wʉlf/
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• wo͝of
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• /wʊf/
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• wŭlf
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• /wʌlf/
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From wolf.

From Middle English and German short forms of given names containing the Germanic element "wolf".

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kwós? Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kwos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old English wulf Middle English wolf English wolf Inherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kwos. Doublet of lobo and lupus. Cognates Cognate with Scots wouf, North Frisian wulew, Saterland Frisian and German Low German Wulf, West Frisian, Alemannic German, and Dutch wolf, Bavarian bolf, bölf, Woif, Cimbrian and Mòcheno bolf, German Wolf, Luxembourgish Wollef, Vilamovian wuf, Yiddish וואָלף (volf), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ulv, Faroese úlvur, Icelandic úlfur, Swedish ulf, ulv, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic olc (“bad, evil”), Lepontic 𐌖𐌋𐌊𐌏𐌔 (ulkos), Manx olk (“bad”), Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Latgalian vylks, Latvian vìlks, Lithuanian vilkas, Belarusian воўк (vowk), Bulgarian вълк (vǎlk), Czech and Slovak vlk, Macedonian and Russian волк (volk), Polish wilk, Serbo-Croatian вук, vuk, Slovene volk, Ukrainian вовк (vovk), Albanian ujk, ulk, Latin lupus, Greek λύκος (lýkos), Hittite 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸, Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤 (walwe, “lion”), Tocharian B walkwe.

465 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: квыджьма (kwədźma) — animal
• Abenaki: môlsem — animal
• Abkhaz: абгаду (abgadu) — animal
• Abkhaz: ақәыџьма (akwədžma) — animal
• Afrikaans: wolf — animal
• Aghwan: 𐕒𐕡𐔾 (ul) — animal
• Ainu: ホㇿケゥ (horkew) — animal
• Ainu: ウォセカムイ (wose-kamuy) — animal
• Akkadian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏 — animal
• Albanian: ujk — animal
• Aleut: aliĝngix̂ — animal
• Algonquin: mahìgan — animal
• Algonquin: mokquishim — animal
• Southern Altai: бӧрӱ (börü) — animal
• Amharic: ተኩላ (täkula) — animal
• Andi: боцӏо (bocʼo) — animal
• Jicarilla: ba’iitso — animal
• Plains Apache: ba’ — animal
• Western Apache: ma’choh — animal
• Western Apache: ba’choh — animal
• Western Apache: ba'cho — animal
• Western Apache: mbaaʼtsu — animal
• Arabic: ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) — animal
• Arabic: ديب (dīb) — animal
• Arabic: ذيب (ḏīb) — animal
• Arabic: ذيب (ḏīb, dīb) — animal
• Arabic: ديب (dīb) — animal
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ (dēḇā) — animal
• Aramaic: ܕܐܒܐ (dēḇā) — animal
• Aramaic: ܕܐܒܬܐ (dēḇtā) — animal
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דֵּיבָא (dêḇā) — animal
• Armenian: գայլ (gayl) — animal
• Old Armenian: գայլ (gayl) — animal
• Aromanian: lupu — animal
• Assamese: কুকুৰনেচীয়া বাঘ (kukurnesia bagh) — animal
• Asturian: llobu — animal
• Avar: бацӏ (bacʼ) — animal
• Azerbaijani: canavar — animal
• Azerbaijani: qurd — animal
• Balti: شانكو (shanko) — animal
• Baluchi: گرک (gurk) — animal
• Bashkir: бүре (büre) — animal
• Basque: otso — animal
• Bats: ბჵორწ (b'orc̣) — animal
• Belarusian: воўк (vowk) — animal
• Belarusian: ваўчы́ца (vawčýca) — animal
• Belarusian: ваўчы́ха (vawčýxa) — animal
• Bengali: নেকড়ে (nekoṛe) — animal
• Bhojpuri: भेड़िया (bhēṛiyā) — animal
• Blackfoot: omahkapi'si — animal
• Breton: bleiz — animal
• Bulgarian: вълк (vǎlk) — animal
• Burmese: ဝံပုလွေ (wampu.lwe) — animal
• Buryat: шоно (šono) — animal
• Carpathian Rusyn: вовк (vovk) — animal
• Catalan: llop — animal
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵛⵛⵏ (uccn) — animal
• Chagatai: بورى (böri) — animal
• Chakma: 𑄤𑄇𑄴 (wāk) — animal
• Eastern Cham: ꨔꨪꩂ (thing) — animal
• Eastern Cham: ꨀꨧꨭꩃ ꨔꨪꩂ (asơu thing) — animal
• Chechen: борз (borz) — animal
• Cherokee: ᏩᏯ (waya) — animal
• Cheyenne: hó'nehe — animal
• Falam Chin: cinghnia — animal
• Mara Chin: changie — animal
• Tedim Chin: ngia — animal
• Chinese Cantonese: 狼 (long4) — animal
• Chinese: лон (lon) — animal
• Chinese: мулон (mulon) — animal
• Chinese: лонвазы (lonvazɨ) — animal
• Eastern Min Chinese: 狼 (lòng) — animal
• Hakka Chinese: 狼 (lòng) — animal
• Chinese: 狼 (lông) — animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 狼 (láng) — animal
• Wu Chinese: 狼 (6laon) — animal
• Chukchi: иʼны (iʼny) — animal
• Chukchi: ээʼгычгын (ėėʼgyčgyn) — animal
• Chuvash: кашкӑр (kaškăr) — animal
• East Circassian: дыгъужь (dəğwuź) — animal
• West Circassian: тыгъужъ (təğwuẑ) — animal
• Ngazidja Comorian: dhiiɓu — animal
• Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ (ouōnš) — animal
• Cornish: bleydh — animal
• Corsican: lupu — animal
• Cree: ᒪᐦᐃᑲᐣ (mahihkan) — animal
• Atikamekw: mahikan — animal
• Montagnais: maikan — animal
• Crimean Tatar: börü — animal
• Czech: vlk — animal
• Danish: ulv — animal
• Dogrib: dìga — animal
• Dolgan: бөрө (börö) — animal
• Dutch: wolf — animal
• Elfdalian: warg — animal
• Emilian: låuv — animal
• Erzya: верьгиз (veŕgiz) — animal
• Esperanto: lupo — animal
• Estonian: susi — animal
• Estonian: hunt — animal
• Evenki: иргичи (irgiçi) — animal
• Ewe: amegãxi — animal
• Faroese: úlvur — animal
• Finnish: susi — animal
• Finnish: hukka — animal
• Finnish: susihukka — animal
• Franco-Provençal: lop — animal
• French: loup — animal
• North Frisian: ulf — animal
• North Frisian: Ulv — animal
• Saterland Frisian: Wulf — animal
• West-Frisian: wolf — animal
• Friulian: lôf — animal
• Friulian: lôv — animal
• Gabrielino-Fernandeño: 'iisawut — animal
• Galician: lobo — animal
• Gaulish: drucocu — animal
• Georgian: მგელი (mgeli) — animal
• German: Wolf — animal
• German: Meister Graubein — animal
• Bavarian German: Woif — animal
• Gilaki: ورگ (varg) — animal
• Gondi: तोडेल्ली (tōḍēllī) — animal
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs) — animal
• Greek: λύκος (lýkos) — animal
• Ancient Greek: λύκος (lúkos) — animal
• Greenlandic: amaroq — animal
• Mbya Guarani: aguara-jagua — animal
• Paraguayan Guarani: jaguaru — animal
• Gujarati: ભેડીયો (bheḍīyo) — animal
• Haida: g̱úuj — animal
• Haitian Creole: lou — animal
• Hawaiian: ʻīlio hae — animal
• Hawaiian Creole: wolf — animal
• Hebrew: זְאֵב (z'év) — animal
• Hindi: भेड़िया (bheṛiyā) — animal
• Hindi: वृक (vŕk) — animal
• Holikachuk: nikʼighun — animal
• Hopi: kwewu — animal
• Hungarian: farkas — animal
• Hunsrik: Wollef — animal
• Icelandic: úlfur — animal
• Ido: volfo — animal
• Indonesian: serigala — animal
• Ingrian: susi — animal
• Ingrian: huntti — animal
• Ingrian: suto — animal
• Ingush: борз (borz) — animal
• Interlingua: lupo — animal
• Inuktitut: ᐊᒪᕈᖅ (amaroq) — animal
• Inupiaq: amaġuq — animal
• Irish: faolchú — animal
• Irish: mac tíre — animal
• Irish: madra alla — animal
• Irish: madra allta — animal
• Middle Irish: fáel — animal
• Middle Irish: fáelchú — animal
• Middle Irish: sídach — animal
• Old Irish: cú — animal
• Old Irish: cú allaid — animal
• Old Irish: macc tíre — animal
• Istro-Romanian: lup — animal
• Italian: lupo — animal
• Itelmen: хивнэ — animal
• Japanese: 狼 (ōkami) — animal
• Japanese: オオカミ (ōkami) — animal
• Japanese: ウルフ (urufu) — animal
• Javanese: mbaung — animal
• Kaki Ae: weldok — animal
• Kalasha: grast — animal
• Kalmyk: чон (çon) — animal
• Kannada: ತೋಳ (tōḷa) — animal
• Karachay-Balkar: бёрю (börü) — animal
• Karakalpak: bo'ri — animal
• Karakalpak: qasqır — animal
• Karelian: hukka — animal
• Kashmiri: رامہٕ ہوٗن (rāmhụ hūn) — animal
• Kashubian: wilk — animal
• Kazakh: бөрі (börı) — animal
• Kazakh: қасқыр (qasqyr) — animal
• Ket: ӄыт (qyt) — animal
• Khakas: пӱӱр (püür) — animal
• Eastern Khanty: ө̆вәр кӱрәп ө̆т (ø̆wər kürəp ø̆t) — animal
• Northern Khanty: вўԓы пурты вой (wŭły purty woj) — animal
• Northern Khanty: пӑсты вой (păsty woj) — animal
• Northern Khanty: пурвой (purwoj) — animal
• Northern Khanty: пурты вой (purty woj) — animal
• Khmer: ចចក (cɑɑcɑcɑɑk) — animal
• Khvarshi: боцӏа (boc’a) — animal
• Komi-Zyrian: кӧин (köin) — animal
• Korean: 늑대 (neukdae) — animal
• Korean: 이리 (iri) — animal
• Koryak: гʼэгылӈын (ʕeɣəlŋən) — animal
• Kumyk: бёрю (börü) — animal
• Central Kurdish: گورگ (gurg) — animal
• Laki: گوِرگ (gwirg) — animal
• Northern Kurdish: gur — animal
• Northern Kurdish: gurg — animal
• Southern Kurdish: گوِرگ (gwirg) — animal
• Kyrgyz: бөрү (börü) — animal
• Kyrgyz: карышкыр (karışkır) — animal
• Ladin: louf — animal
• Ladino: לוב׳ו — animal
• Ladino: lovo — animal
• Lak: барцӏ (barcʼ) — animal
• Lakota: šuŋgmánitu tȟáŋka — animal
• Lao: ຫມາປ່າ (mā pā) — animal
• Lao: ຫມາໄນ (mā nai) — animal
• Lao: ສິຄາລະ (si khā la) — animal
• Latgalian: vylks — animal
• Latin: lupus — animal
• Latvian: vilks — animal
• Laz: მგერი (mgeri) — animal
• Lezgi: жанавур (žanavur) — animal
• Ligurian: lô — animal
• Lithuanian: vilkas — animal
• Livvi: hukku — animal
• Lolopo: veimar — animal
• Lombard: loff — animal
• Lombard: lov — animal
• Low German: Wulf — animal
• Luxembourgish: Wollef — animal
• Macedonian: волк (volk) — animal
• Malagasy: amboadia — animal
• Malay: سريݢالا — animal
• Malay: ذيب — animal
• Malay: serigala — animal
• Malay: zib — animal
• Malayalam: ചെന്നായ് (cennāyŭ) — animal
• Maltese: dib — animal
• Maltese: lupu — animal
• Manchu: ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡝ (niohe) — animal
• Northern Mansi: са̄лы пурнэ ӯй (sāly purnè ūj) — animal
• Northern Mansi: са̄лыуй (sālyuj) — animal
• Northern Mansi: ха̄йтнут (hājtnut) — animal
• Manx: moddey oaldey — animal
• Māori: wuruhi — animal
• Māori: wuruwhi — animal
• Marathi: लांडगा (lāṇḍgā) — animal
• Marathi: वृक (vŕk) — animal
• Eastern Mari: пире (pire) — animal
• Western Mari: пирӹ (pirÿ) — animal
• Mauritian Creole: loulou — animal
• Mauritian Creole: lelou — animal
• Mazanderani: ورگ (vërg) — animal
• Mi'kmaq: paqt'sm — animal
• Mi'kmaq: paqtesm — animal
• Mi'kmaq: paqte'smug — animal
• Mingo: utháyôni — animal
• Mingrelian: გერი (geri) — animal
• Mirandese: lhobo — animal
• Central Sierra Miwok: húŋ·u- — animal
• Mizo: chinghnia — animal
• Mòcheno: bolf — animal
• Moksha: врьгаз (vŕgaz) — animal
• Mongolian: чоно (čono) — animal
• Muong: khỏl — animal
• Nahuatl: cuetlāchtli — animal
• Nanai: енгур (jeŋur) — animal
• Navajo: mąʼiitsoh — animal
• Naxi: paqkee — animal
• Naxi: xulkee — animal
• Tundra Nenets: ӈылека (ŋilyeka) — animal
• Tundra Nenets: сармик — animal
• Nepali: ब्वाँसो (bwā̃so) — animal
• Nganasan: ӈӱлиаӡә — animal
• Nivkh: лиғс (liγs) — animal
• Nogai: боьри (böri) — animal
• Nootka: qwayac̕iik — animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulv — animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: varg — animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: gråbein — animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulv — animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: varg — animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gråbein — animal
• Nuosu: ꆿꍫ (lat cho) — animal
• Nuosu: ꆿꆚ (lat hlip) — animal
• Occitan: lop — animal
• Odia: ଗଧିଆ (gadhiā) — animal
• Ojibwe: ma'iingan — animal
• Church Slavic: влькъ (vlĭkŭ) — animal
• Church Slavic: вльчица (vlĭčica) — animal
• Church Slavic: ⰲⰾⱐⰽⱏ (vlĭkŭ) — animal
• Old East Slavic: вълкъ (vŭlkŭ) — animal
• Old English: wulf — animal
• Old Norse: úlfr — animal
• Old Prussian: wilkis — animal
• Oromo: yeeyyii — animal
• Oroqen: guykə — animal
• Ossetian: бирӕгъ (biræǧ) — animal
• Estado de México Otomi: lobo — animal
• Pali: vaka — animal
• Pannonian Rusyn: вовк (vovk) — animal
• Pashto: لېوه (lewë) — animal
• Pashto: شرمښ (šërmëẍ) — animal
• Pawnee: ckírihki — animal
• Dari: گُرْگ (gurg) — animal
• Iranian Persian: گُرْگ (gorg) — animal
• Piedmontese: luv — animal
• Plautdietsch: Wulf (nds) — animal
• Polabian: våuk — animal
• Polish: wilk — animal
• Polish: basior — animal
• Polish: wadera — animal
• Portuguese: lobo — animal
• Powhatan: naantam — animal
• Punjabi: ਬਘਿਆੜ (baghiāṛa) — animal
• Punjabi: بَگِھیاڑ (baghieyāṛ) — animal
• Quechua: atawka — animal
• Rohingya: rañgkuñir — animal
• Romani: ruv — animal
• Romanian: lup — animal
• Romansh: luf — animal
• Romansh: louf — animal
• Russian: волк (volk) — animal
• Russian: волчи́ца (volčíca) — animal
• Sabine: hirpus — animal
• Salar: bori — animal
• Kildin-Sami: пальтэсь (pal’tes’) — animal
• Kildin-Sami: скуммьп (skumm’p) — animal
• Northern Sami: gumpe — animal
• Skolt-Sami: čõrmm — animal
• Samogitian: vėlks — animal
• Sanskrit: वृक (vṛka) — animal
• Sanskrit: श्वक (śvaka) — animal
• Sardinian: lupu — animal
• Scots: wouf — animal
• Scottish Gaelic: faol — animal
• Scottish Gaelic: madadh-allaidh — animal
• Koyraboro-Senni: ganjihanŝi — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: ву̑к — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: vȗk — animal
• Seri: xeecoj — animal
• Seri: ziix yaacö caaixaj — animal
• Sherpa: སྤྱང་ཀུ (spyang ku) — animal
• Shor: пӧрӱ (pörü) — animal
• Sicilian: lupu — animal
• Sinhalese: වෘකයා (wr̥kayā) — animal
• Slovak: vlk — animal
• Slovene: volk — animal
• Somali: yey — animal
• Lower Sorbian: wjelk — animal
• Upper Sorbian: wjelk — animal
• Spanish: lobo — animal
• Sumerian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarra) — animal
• Svan: თხე̄რე (txēre) — animal
• Swahili: mbwa mwitu — animal
• Swedish: varg — animal
• Swedish: ulv — animal
• Tabasaran: жанавар (žanavar) — animal
• Tagalog: lobo — animal
• Tahltan: ch’iyōne — animal
• Tajik: гург (gurg) — animal
• Tamil: ஓநாய் (ōnāy) — animal
• Taos: kòléna — animal
• Tarifit: uššen — animal
• Tat: gürg — animal
• Tatar: бүре (büre) — animal
• Tày: ma nuầy — animal
• Telugu: తోడేలు (tōḍēlu) — animal
• T'en: laput — animal
• Thai: หมาป่า (mǎa-bpàa) — animal
• Thai: สุนัขป่า (sù-nák-bpàa) — animal
• Tibetan: སྦྱང་ཀུ (sbyang ku) — animal
• Tibetan: སྤྱང་ཀི (spyang ki) — animal
• Tigrinya: ተዅላ (täxwla) — animal
• Tlingit: g̱ooch — animal
• Tocharian B: walkwe — animal
• Tok Pisin: weldok — animal
• Turkish: kurt — animal
• Turkish: börü — animal
• Ottoman Turkish: قورت (kurt) — animal
• Turkmen: böri — animal
• Turkmen: gurt — animal
• Turkmen: möjek — animal
• Northern Tutchone: agay — animal
• Southern Tutchone: ägay (Aishihik) — animal
• Tuvan: бөрү (börü) — animal
• Udi: ул (ul) — animal
• Udmurt: кион (kion) — animal
• Ukrainian: вовк (vovk) — animal
• Ukrainian: вовчи́ця (vovčýcja) — animal
• Ukrainian: вовчи́ха (vovčýxa) — animal
• Unami: tëme — animal
• Urak Lawoi': อาซู ฮูตัด (asu hutat) — animal
• Urdu: بھیڑِیا (bheṛiyā) — animal
• Urdu: گُرْگ (gurg) — animal
• Urum: джанавар — animal
• Uyghur: قۇرت (qurt) — animal
• Uyghur: بۆرە (böre) — animal
• Uyghur: قاراشقاۇ (qarashqau) — animal
• Uyghur: قارىشقۇ (qarishqu) — animal
• Uzbek: boʻri — animal
• Uzbek: qashqir — animal
• Venetan: łovo — animal
• Venetan: lovo — animal
• Veps: händikaz — animal
• Vietnamese: sói — animal
• Vietnamese: chó sói — animal
• Vilamovian: wūf — animal
• Volapük: lup — animal
• Volapük: ludog — animal
• Võro: susi — animal
• Votic: susi — animal
• Walloon: leu — animal
• Welsh: blaidd — animal
• Winnebago: šųųkjąk — animal
• Wolaytta: worakanaa — animal
• Yaghnobi: урк (urk) — animal
• Yakut: бөрө (börö) — animal
• Yiddish: וואָלף (volf) — animal
• Southern Valley Yokuts: yawlicʼ — animal
• Yup'ik: kegluneq — animal
• Zazaki: verg (diq) — animal
• Zhuang: manaez — animal
• Zulu: inja yasendle — animal
• Zuni: yuna:wik'o — animal
• Catalan: faldiller — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Danish: don juan — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Faroese: konufólkarevur — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Faroese: revur — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Finnish: häntäheikki — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Finnish: naistenmies — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• French: tombeur — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Italian: donnaiolo — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Portuguese: mulherengo — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐнска̄р — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Serbo-Croatian: žènskār — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Spanish: mujeriego — man who makes amorous advances on many women
• Finnish: susisävel — unpleasant musical tone
• Finnish: särö — unpleasant musical tone
• French: loup — unpleasant musical tone
• Arabic: اِلْتَهَمَ بِشَرَاهَة (iltahama bi-šarāha) — to devour
• Czech: hltat — to devour
• Czech: zhltnout — to devour
• Czech: slupnout — to devour
• Finnish: hotkia — to devour
• Finnish: ahmia — to devour
• French: dévorer — to devour
• French: engloutir — to devour
• Galician: devorar — to devour
• Galician: engulir — to devour
• Galician: galdrumar — to devour
• German: herunterschlingen — to devour
• Greek: καταβροχθίζω (katavrochthízo) — to devour
• Greek: χλαπακιάζω (chlapakiázo) — to devour
• Hebrew: זלל (zalal) — to devour
• Italian: divorare — to devour
• Korean: 게걸스레 먹다 (gegeolseure meokda) — to devour
• Latin: devorare — to devour
• Māori: apu — to devour
• Māori: whāō — to devour
• Polish: pożreć — to devour
• Polish: pochłonąć — to devour
• Portuguese: devorar — to devour
• Russian: пожира́ть (požirátʹ) — to devour
• Russian: пожра́ть (požrátʹ) — to devour
• Serbo-Croatian: žderati — to devour
• Spanish: devorar — to devour
• Spanish: engullir — to devour
• Swahili: -akia — to devour
• Swahili: -la — to devour
• Swahili: -sakata — to devour
• Thai: ขม้ํา (khà màhm) — to devour
• Thai: สวาปาม (swáá bpaam) — to devour