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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern --OHAI. That is, six letter words with 3rd letter O and 4th letter H and 5th letter A and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
boohai
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Cass - Canterbury.
Cave - Canterbury.
Cust - Canterbury.
Gore - Southland.
Hook - Canterbury.
Hope - Nelson.
Hyde - Otago.
Kaeo - Northland
Mimi - Taranaki.
Oaro - Canterbury.
Oban - Stewart Island.
Ohai - Southland.
Opua - Northland.
Puni - South of Auckland.
Rere - Poverty Bay.
Ross - West Coast.
Tapu - Coromandel.
Toko - Taranaki.
Ward - Marlborough.
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The cast of New World Disorder - 1999 includes: Jeremiah Alley as Coroner John Bondi as Bouncer Hari Dhillon as Mark Ohai Branwell Donaghey as Leo Galileo Lawrence Elman as Maximillian Biggs Tara Fitzgerald as Kris Paddock Rutger Hauer as David Marx Radica Jovicic as Escort Girl Andrew McCarthy as Kurt Bishop Martin McDougall as Sullivan Nicholas Pinnock as Weldon John Sharian as Rice Brian Van Camp as Coltrane Anthony Warren as Nakamoto
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Hari Dhillon has: Played Biloo Kapur (1999) in "Dream Team" in 1997. Played Gregg in "Charmed" in 1998. Played Mark Ohai in "New World Disorder" in 1999. Played Dr. Sunil Gupta in "Holby City" in 1999. Played Michael Spence in "Holby City" in 1999. Played himself in "Loose Women" in 1999. Played 3rd Security Guard in "Entrapment" in 1999. Played Sunil Gupta in "Holby City" in 1999. Played Prince Hussain in "Arabian Nights" in 2000. Played Aref Sahim in "The Agency" in 2001. Played Fellow 1 in "Wit" in 2001. Played Will in "Lawless Heart" in 2001. Played Deepak Shoenstein in "She Spies" in 2002. Played Dr. Gupta in "Without a Trace" in 2002. Played Pakistani Buyer in "Cradle 2 the Grave" in 2003. Played Himself - Audience Member in "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2004. Played Chand Sooran in "Medium" in 2005. Played Roger in "Mr. Nice Guy" in 2006. Played Sikander in "The Loop" in 2006. Played himself in "Daybreak" in 2010.
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InTrODUCTIOn
Rain tree (Samanea saman) is easily recognized by its char-
acteristic umbrella-shaped canopy. When grown in the
open, the tree usually reaches 15-25 m (50-80 ft) in height
with a canopy diameter wider than the tree is tall. Rain tree
is most important in the Pacific as a shade tree on small
farms, along roads, in parks and pastures. The wood has
limited use for carved bowls in local markets; it could be
developed more widely as a commercial timber, comparing
favorably to black walnut. A multitude of minor uses is
documented for rain tree, most of them of purely local sig-
nificance, but all could be explored for wider applicability.
Rain tree naturalizes freely almost everywhere it has been
introduced and is considered an invasive pest in Vanuatu
and Fiji. In many other places naturalized rain tree is not
considered a problem.
DISTrIbUTIOn
Native range
Extensive cultivation has obscured the native range of rain
tree. It is believed to be native in northern South America
(Colombia, the Caribbean slope and the Orinoco drainage
of Venezuela), and in Central America as far north as El
Salvador. It is now widespread from Mexico south to Peru,
Bolivia, and Brazil. In these areas, it occurs in low-eleva-
tion dry forests and grassland/savannah habitats.
Current distribution
Family
Fabaceae (alt. Mimosaceae), legume family
Subfamily
Mimosoideae
Non-preferred scientific names
Albizia saman (Jacquin) F. Mueller
Enterolobium saman (Jacquin) Prain ex King
Inga salutaris Kunth.
Inga saman (Jacquin) Willd
Mimosa saman Jacquin
Pithecellobium saman (Jacquin) Bentham
Common names
Pacific islands
filinganga (Northern Marianas)
gouannegoul, saman (French)
gumorni spanis (Yap)
kasia kula, mohemohe (Tonga)
marmar (New Guinea)
'ohai (Hawai'i)
rain tree, monkey pod, saman (English)
tamalini, tamaligi (Samoa)
trongkon-mames (Guam)
vaivai ni vavalangi, sirsa (Fiji)
Other regions
acacia, palo de China (Philippines)
algarrobo, algarrobo del país, carreto negro, delmont Samanea saman (rain tree)
Rain tree is cultivated and naturalized throughout the
tropics. In the Pacific, rain tree is known to occur on
the following islands: American Samoa (Tutuila), Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan,
Rota), Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae,
Pohnpei), Fiji (Kanacea, Taveuni, Vanua Levu, Viti Levu),
French Polynesia (Íles Tubuai [Rurutu], Tahiti, Marquesas,
Moorea, Raiatea), Guam, Hawai'i, Marshall Islands (Jaluit,
Kwajalein), Niue, Palau (Koror), Papua New Guinea, the
Philippines, Pitcairn, Rotuma, Samoa ('Upolu), and Tonga
(Tongatapu, 'Eua, Vava'u, Lifuka/Foa). The species is also
naturalized in a number of the Caribbean Islands includ-
ing Puerto Rico. It is almost certainly even more wide-
spread than the foregoing list indicates.
bOTAnICAL DeSCrIPTIOn
Preferred scientific name
Samanea saman (Jacquin) Merrill
guannegoul, samán (Spanish)
gouannegoul, saman (French)
Size
Rain tree generally attains maximum heights of 15-25 m
(50-80 ft). In rare cases it can reach a height of 50 m (160
ft). The crown typically reaches 30 m (100 ft) in diameter.
Very large trees may reach 50-60 m (160-195 ft) in diam-
eter. Rain trees usually have a short, stout trunk of about
1-2 m (3-6.5 ft) in diameter at breast height (dbh), but the
trunk can attain 2-3 m (6.5-10 ft) dbh in exceptional cases.
Under dense planting conditions, trees may attain greater
height (to 40 m, 130 ft) with a narrower crown diameter
than when planted in the open.
Form
Rain tree has a distinctive, umbrella-shaped crown. The
crown is typically broad and domed; the horizontal spread
is greater than the height when grown in spacious, open
settings. Under plantation conditions, the crown is more
vase-shaped. Flowers
The tiny flowers (12-25 per head) are massed in pinkish
heads 5-6 cm (2-2.4 in) across and about 4 cm (1.6 in) in
rAIn Tree?
The name rain tree has been attributed to:
• The leaflets are light-sensitive and close together on
cloudy days (as well as from dusk to dawn), allowing
rain to fall through the canopy to the ground below.
• The grass is often much greener under a rain tree
than the surrounding grass.
• A steady drizzle of honeydew is often created by
sap-sucking insects.
• Nectaries on the leaf petioles excrete sugary juice
that sometimes falls from the tree like rain.
• During heavy flowering, stamens can drop from the
canopy like rain.
height. The long, bicolored stamens (white in lower half
and reddish above) give the whole inflorescence the ap-
pearance of a powder puff or feather duster held slightly
above the foliage. Thousands of heads are borne at the same
time, covering the tree in pinkish bloom. The central flower
in each head is larger, stalkless, has more petals, and is in-
capable of forming a fruit; this flower is a nectar-produc-
ing organ that attracts pollinators. Usually only one flower
per head (rarely two) is pollinated and forms a fruit.
Leaves
Leaves are alternately arranged along twigs and have a
prominent swelling (pulvinus) at the petiole base; stipules
are present and threadlike; the leaf blades are twice-even-
pinnately compound, arranged in 2-6 pairs of pinnae, each
pinna bearing 6-16 diamond-shaped leaflets, shiny green
above, dull and finely hairy beneath, 2-4 cm (0.8-1.6 in)
long and 1-2 cm (0.4-0.8 in) wide, the apical leaflets larg-
est. During dry periods trees are semi-deciduous, losing
their leaves for a short period. Where there is a definite dry
season, they may remain leafless for a period of weeks but
refoliate quickly if there is adequate moisture. This gives
the appearance that rain tree is "evergreen" in moister cli-
mates.
Fruit
Mature pods are black-brown, oblong, lumpy, 10-20 cm
long (4-8 in), 15-19 mm (0.6-0.8 in) wide, ca. 6 mm (0.25
in) thick, straight or slightly curved, not dehiscing but
eventually cracking irregularly, and filled with a sticky,
brownish pulp that is sweet and edible.
Top: Flowers and new leaves. Bottom: Fruit in varying stag-
es of ripeness. photos: C. ElEvitCh InTrODUCTIOn
Rain tree (Samanea saman) is easily recognized by its char-
acteristic umbrella-shaped canopy. When grown in the
open, the tree usually reaches 15-25 m (50-80 ft) in height
with a canopy diameter wider than the tree is tall. Rain tree
is most important in the Pacific as a shade tree on small
farms, along roads, in parks and pastures. The wood has
limited use for carved bowls in local markets; it could be
developed more widely as a commercial timber, comparing
favorably to black walnut. A multitude of minor uses is
documented for rain tree, most of them of purely local sig-
nificance, but all could be explored for wider applicability.
Rain tree naturalizes freely almost everywhere it has been
introduced and is considered an invasive pest in Vanuatu
and Fiji. In many other places naturalized rain tree is not
considered a problem.
DISTrIbUTIOn
Native range
Extensive cultivation has obscured the native range of rain
tree. It is believed to be native in northern South America
(Colombia, the Caribbean slope and the Orinoco drainage
of Venezuela), and in Central America as far north as El
Salvador. It is now widespread from Mexico south to Peru,
Bolivia, and Brazil. In these areas, it occurs in low-eleva-
tion dry forests and grassland/savannah habitats.
Current distribution
Family
Fabaceae (alt. Mimosaceae), legume family
Subfamily
Mimosoideae
Non-preferred scientific names
Albizia saman (Jacquin) F. Mueller
Enterolobium saman (Jacquin) Prain ex King
Inga salutaris Kunth.
Inga saman (Jacquin) Willd
Mimosa saman Jacquin
Pithecellobium saman (Jacquin) Bentham
Common names
Pacific islands
filinganga (Northern Marianas)
gouannegoul, saman (French)
gumorni spanis (Yap)
kasia kula, mohemohe (Tonga)
marmar (New Guinea)
'ohai (Hawai'i)
rain tree, monkey pod, saman (English)
tamalini, tamaligi (Samoa)
trongkon-mames (Guam)
vaivai ni vavalangi, sirsa (Fiji)
Other regions
acacia, palo de China (Philippines)
algarrobo, algarrobo del país, carreto negro, delmont Samanea saman (rain tree)
Rain tree is cultivated and naturalized throughout the
tropics. In the Pacific, rain tree is known to occur on
the following islands: American Samoa (Tutuila), Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan,
Rota), Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae,
Pohnpei), Fiji (Kanacea, Taveuni, Vanua Levu, Viti Levu),
French Polynesia (Íles Tubuai [Rurutu], Tahiti, Marquesas,
Moorea, Raiatea), Guam, Hawai'i, Marshall Islands (Jaluit,
Kwajalein), Niue, Palau (Koror), Papua New Guinea, the
Philippines, Pitcairn, Rotuma, Samoa ('Upolu), and Tonga
(Tongatapu, 'Eua, Vava'u, Lifuka/Foa). The species is also
naturalized in a number of the Caribbean Islands includ-
ing Puerto Rico. It is almost certainly even more wide-
spread than the foregoing list indicates.
bOTAnICAL DeSCrIPTIOn
Preferred scientific name
Samanea saman (Jacquin) Merrill
guannegoul, samán (Spanish)
gouannegoul, saman (French)
Size
Rain tree generally attains maximum heights of 15-25 m
(50-80 ft). In rare cases it can reach a height of 50 m (160
ft). The crown typically reaches 30 m (100 ft) in diameter.
Very large trees may reach 50-60 m (160-195 ft) in diam-
eter. Rain trees usually have a short, stout trunk of about
1-2 m (3-6.5 ft) in diameter at breast height (dbh), but the
trunk can attain 2-3 m (6.5-10 ft) dbh in exceptional cases.
Under dense planting conditions, trees may attain greater
height (to 40 m, 130 ft) with a narrower crown diameter
than when planted in the open.
Form
Rain tree has a distinctive, umbrella-shaped crown. The
crown is typically broad and domed; the horizontal spread
is greater than the height when grown in spacious, open
settings. Under plantation conditions, the crown is more
vase-shaped. Flowers
The tiny flowers (12-25 per head) are massed in pinkish
heads 5-6 cm (2-2.4 in) across and about 4 cm (1.6 in) in
rAIn Tree?
The name rain tree has been attributed to:
• The leaflets are light-sensitive and close together on
cloudy days (as well as from dusk to dawn), allowing
rain to fall through the canopy to the ground below.
• The grass is often much greener under a rain tree
than the surrounding grass.
• A steady drizzle of honeydew is often created by
sap-sucking insects.
• Nectaries on the leaf petioles excrete sugary juice
that sometimes falls from the tree like rain.
• During heavy flowering, stamens can drop from the
canopy like rain.
height. The long, bicolored stamens (white in lower half
and reddish above) give the whole inflorescence the ap-
pearance of a powder puff or feather duster held slightly
above the foliage. Thousands of heads are borne at the same
time, covering the tree in pinkish bloom. The central flower
in each head is larger, stalkless, has more petals, and is in-
capable of forming a fruit; this flower is a nectar-produc-
ing organ that attracts pollinators. Usually only one flower
per head (rarely two) is pollinated and forms a fruit.
Leaves
Leaves are alternately arranged along twigs and have a
prominent swelling (pulvinus) at the petiole base; stipules
are present and threadlike; the leaf blades are twice-even-
pinnately compound, arranged in 2-6 pairs of pinnae, each
pinna bearing 6-16 diamond-shaped leaflets, shiny green
above, dull and finely hairy beneath, 2-4 cm (0.8-1.6 in)
long and 1-2 cm (0.4-0.8 in) wide, the apical leaflets larg-
est. During dry periods trees are semi-deciduous, losing
their leaves for a short period. Where there is a definite dry
season, they may remain leafless for a period of weeks but
refoliate quickly if there is adequate moisture. This gives
the appearance that rain tree is "evergreen" in moister cli-
mates.
Fruit
Mature pods are black-brown, oblong, lumpy, 10-20 cm
long (4-8 in), 15-19 mm (0.6-0.8 in) wide, ca. 6 mm (0.25
in) thick, straight or slightly curved, not dehiscing but
eventually cracking irregularly, and filled with a sticky,
brownish pulp that is sweet and edible.
Top: Flowers and new leaves. Bottom: Fruit in varying stag-
es of ripeness. photos: C. ElEvitCh
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- Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
- Albanian - tungjatjeta pronounced To-gyat-yeta it means heave a long life or c'kemi (hi)
- A'Leamona - tél nìdõ (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe
- Arabic - subbah-el-kheir (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening): note that Kh is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAn (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban
- Armenian - barev or parev
- Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam
- Bahamas - hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)
- Basque - kaixo (pronounced Kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
- Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)
- Bengali - aas salamu alaay kum (In Botswana Dumeleng [formal]), wareng (Bangladesh [informal]), namaskar (In West Bengal, India)
- Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)
- Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning), Dobar den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)
- Burmese - mingalarba
- Cambodian - Sour Sdey (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun Sour Sdey, good afternoon Tivea Sour Sdey, good evening Sayoan Sour Sdey, good night Reatrey Sour Sdey, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)
- Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, olá
- Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon Dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.
- Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings
- Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female)
- Chinese - 你好, Cantonese nei ho or lei ho (pronounced nay ho or lay ho) Mandarin 你好 (pronounced ni hao), 早上好（pronounced zao shang hao; good morning!）
- Congo - mambo
- Cree - Tansi (pronounced Dawnsay)
- Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra večer (evening), laku noć (night)
- Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)
- Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).
- Double Dutch - hutch-e-lul-lul-o (hello), gug-o-o-dud mum-o-rug-nun-i-nun-gug (good morning; formal), gug-o-o-dud a-fuf-tut-e-rug-nun-o-o-nun (good afternoon; formal), gug-o-o-dud e-vuv-e-nun-i-nun-gug (good evening; formal)
- Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)
- English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,)
- Esperanto - saluton (formal), sal (informal)
- Estonian - tere'
- Egyptian Arabic - Salaam Alekum'(sulam ulakume) (Goodbye) Ma Salaama (ma sulama) the "U" is pronounced its usual way(Example:up)
- Fijian - bula uro
- Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)
- French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night). There is also "ça VA", but this is more often used to mean "how are you?"
- Gaelic - dia duit (informal; pronounced gee-ah ditch; literally "God be with you")
- Georgian - gamardjoba
- German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).
- Gujarathi - kem che
- Greek - yia sou (pronounced yah-soo; informal), yia sas (formal)
- Hausa - Ina kwaana? (How did you sleep? - informal) or Ina uni? (how's the day? - informal). Ina kwaanan ku? (formal) or Ina unin Ku (formal)
- Hawaiian - aloha
- Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")
- Hindi - नमस्ते, namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei)
- Hungarian, Magyar - Jo napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal)
- Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dagg), hæ (informal)
- Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
- Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)
- Italian - ciào (pronounced chow; informal; also means "goodbye"), buon giorno (pronounced bwohn geeornoh; good morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (pronounced bwohn pohmehreejeeoh; good afternoon; formal), buona sera (pronounced bbwoonah sehrah; good evening; formal)
- Japanese - おはよう ございます ohayoou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo (go-zai-mass); good morning), こんにちは konnichi WA (pronounced kong-nee-chee-WA; daytime or afternoon), こんばんは konbanwa (pronounced kong-ban-WA; evening); もし もし moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when calling/answering the phone); どうもう doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of thanking/greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)
- Jibberish - huthegelluthego, h-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (formal), h-diguh-i (informal), h-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (meaning "how are you?")
- Jamaican(slang)- Yow Wah gwaan (pronounced WA-gwaan)
- Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)
- Kannada - namaskara
- Kazakh - Salem (hello), Kalay zhagday (How are you?)
- Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")
- Korean - ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned ahn-yan-ha-say-yo), ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")
- Kurdish - choni, roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)
- Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-Dee)
- Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete (pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person), ave (pronounced ar-way; when talking to one person; when talking to someone respected), avete (pronounced ar-way-tay; when talking to more than one respected person)
- Latvian - labdien, sveiki, chau (informal; pronounced chow).
- Lingala - mbote
- Lithuanian - laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to a male), sveika (informal; when speaking to a female), sveiki (informal; when speaking to more than one person).
- Lojban - coi
- Lolcat - Ohai!
- Luxembourgish - moïen (pronounced MOY-en)
- Malayalam - namaskkaram
- Maldivian (Dhivehi) - kihineth (meaning "how" - the common way of greeting)
- Maltese - merħba (meaning "welcome"), bonġu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-tajjeb (evening)
- Maori - kia ora (kia o ra), tena koe, ata Marie, morena (good morning)
- Marathi - namaskar
- Mongolian - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronounced say-noo; informal), ugluunii mend (morning; pronounced ohglohny mend), udriin mend (afternoon, pronounced ohdriin mend), oroin mend (evening; pronounced or-oh-in mend)
- Nahuatl - niltze, hao
- Navajo - ya'at'eeh
- Niuean - faka lofa lahi atu (formal) fakalofa (informal)
- Neapolitan - cia, cha
- Nepalbhasha - Jwajalapa, ज्वजलपा
- Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha
- Northern German - moin moin
- Northern Shoto - dumelang
- Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").
- Oshikwanyama - WA uhala po, meme? (to a female; response is ee), WA uhala po, tate? (to a male; response is ee) nawa tuu? (response is ee; formal), ongaipi? (meaning "how is it?"; informal)
- Oromo(Afan Oromo) - asham (hi')akkam? (how are you?),nagaa (peace, peace be with u)
- Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
- Pig Latin - eyhay (informal), ellohay (formal), atswhay upay? ("what's up?")
- Polish - dzień dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cześć (hi, pronounced, "cheshch")
- Portuguese - oi, boas, olá or alô (informal); bom dia or bons dias (good morning, used before noon or before the noon meal); boa tarde or boas tardes (good afternoon, used after noon or after the noon meal, until twilight); boa noite or boas noites (good evening and good night, used after twilight).
- Punjabi - sat sri akal
- Rajasthani (Marwari)- Ram Ram
- Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna searaformal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nhuh)
- Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
- Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)
- Scanian - haja (universal), hallå (informal), go'da (formal), go'maren (morning), go'aften (evening)
- Scottish, hi (informal) hello the noo (hello)
- Senegal - salamaleikum
- Serbian - zdravo, ćao (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar dan (afternoon), dobro veče (pronounced dobro vetcheah evening), laku noć (night), do viđenja (see you soon)
- Sinhala - a`yubowan (pronounced ar-yu-bo-wan; meaning "long live")Kohomada? (ko-ho-ma-da meaning how are you?)
- Slovak - dobrý deň (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), čau (pronounced chow) and dobrý (informal abbreviation)
- Slovenian - živjo (informal; pronounced zhivyo), dobro jutro (morning), dober dan (afternoon), dober večer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)
- South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)
- Spanish - hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, qué onda (South America;very informal, like "what's up"; pronounced keh ondah), qué hay, (South America; very informal), qué pasa (Spain, informal), buenos días ("good morning"), buenas tardes (afternoon and early evening), buenas noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying "buenas". Also Qué Transa (Mexico;very informal, like "what's up" pronounced keh trahansa). Qué tál, meaning "what's up", pronounced "kay tal".
- Sulka - marot (morning; pronounced mah-rote [rolled r and lengthened o], mavlemas (afternoon; v is pronounced as a fricative b), masegin (evening; g is pronounced as a fricative)
- Swahili - jambo, Habari (hello), Habari gani (How are you?)
- Swedish - tja (very informal; pronounced sha), hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)
- Swiss German - hallo (informal), grüezi (formal, pronounced kind of grew-tsi), grüessech (informal, used in the capital "Berne" pronounced grewe-thech)
- Tagalog (Pilipino - Philippines) - Kumusta po kayo? (formal, means "How are you, sir or madam", pronounced "kuh-muh-stah poh kah-yoh"), Kumusta ka? (informal, means "how are you?", "kuh-muh-stah kah"). You can also add na when talking to someone you haven't see in a while, Kumusta na po kayo? or Kumusta ka na?. Magandang umaga po (Good morning, pronounced "mah-gan-dang oo-mah-gah poh"), Magandang hapon po (Good afternoon, "mah-gan-dang ha-pon poh"), Magandang gabi po (Good evening or night, "mah-gan-dang gah-beh poh"), Magandang tanghali po (good day, literally midday or noon, "mah-gan-dang tang-ha-leh poh"); NOTE: to make these informal greetings, drop po from the end and add the person's first name. Still, some people use words like mare or pare (very informal greeting, mare pronounced "mah-reh" for a close female friend; pare pronounced "pah-reh" for a close male friend). You may add it either before or after the greeting. Example, Mare, kumusta ka na? or Kumusta ka na, pare?
- Tahitian - ia orana
- Tamil - vanakkam
- Telugu- namaskaram
- Telugu - baagunnara (means "how are you?"; formal)
- Tetum (Timor - Leste) - bondia (morning), botarde (afternoon), bonite (evening)
- Thai - sawa Dee-ka (said by a female), sawa Dee-krap (said by a male)
- Tongan - malo e lelei
- Tshiluba - moyo
- Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or your juniors)
- Turkish - merhaba selam (formal), selam (Informal)
- Ukranian - dobriy ranok (formal; morning), dobriy den (formal; afternoon), dobriy vechir (formal; evening), pryvit (informal)
- Uzbek - Assalomu Alaykum (Formal) Salom(Informal) YM
- Ung Tongue - Hello (This is a made-up language, like Pig latin. This is pronounced Hung-ee-lung-lung-oh.)
- Urdu - adaab ir salam (waley-kum)
- Vietnamese - xin chào
- Welsh - shwmae (North Wales; pronounced shoe-my)OR Helo
- Yiddish - sholem aleikhem (literally "may peace be unto you"), borokhim aboyem or gut morgn (morning), gutn ovnt (evening), gutn tog (day), gut shabbos (only used on the Sabbath)
- Zulu - sawubona
Hope this helped :D
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Here's a long list i found:
# Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
# Albanian - tungjatjeta pronounced To-gyat-yeta it means heave a long life or c'kemi (hi)
# A'Leamona - tél nìdõ (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe
# Arabic - subbah-el-kheir (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening): note that Kh is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAn (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban
# Armenian - barev or parev
# Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam
# Bahamas - hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)
# Basque - kaixo (pronounced Kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
# Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)
# Bengali - aas salamu alaay kum (In Botswana Dumeleng [formal]), wareng (Bangladesh [informal]), namaskar (In West Bengal, India)
# Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)
# Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning), Dobar den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)
# Burmese - jacoblarbar
# Cambodian - Sour Sdey (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun Sour Sdey, good afternoon Tivea Sour Sdey, good evening Sayoan Sour Sdey, good night Reatrey Sour Sdey, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)
# Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, olá
# Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon Dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.
# Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings
# Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female)
# Chinese - 你好, Cantonese nei ho or lei ho (pronounced nay ho or lay ho) Mandarin 你好 (pronounced ni hao), 早上好（pronounced zao shang hao; good morning!）
# Congo - mambo
# Cree - Tansi (pronounced Dawnsay)
# Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra večer (evening), laku noć (night)
# Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)
# Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).
# Double Dutch - hutch-e-lul-lul-o (hello), gug-o-o-dud mum-o-rug-nun-i-nun-gug (good morning; formal), gug-o-o-dud a-fuf-tut-e-rug-nun-o-o-nun (good afternoon; formal), gug-o-o-dud e-vuv-e-nun-i-nun-gug (good evening; formal)
# Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)
# English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,)
# Esperanto - saluton (formal), sal (informal)
# Estonian - tere'
# Egyptian Arabic - Salaam Alekum'(sulam ulakume) (Goodbye) Ma Salaama (ma sulama) the "U" is pronounced its usual way(Example:up)
# Fijian - bula uro
# Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)
# French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night). There is also "ça VA", but this is more often used to mean "how are you?"
# Gaelic - dia duit (informal; pronounced gee-ah ditch; literally "God be with you")
# Georgian - gamardjoba
# German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).
# Gujarathi - kem che
# Greek - yia sou (pronounced yah-soo; informal), yia sas (formal)
# Hausa - Ina kwaana? (How did you sleep? - informal) or Ina uni? (how's the day? - informal). Ina kwaanan ku? (formal) or Ina unin Ku (formal)
# Hawaiian - aloha
# Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")
# Hindi - नमस्ते, namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei)
# Hungarian, Magyar - Jo napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal)
# Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dagg), hæ (informal)
# Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
# Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)
# Italian - ciào (pronounced chow; informal; also means "goodbye"), buon giorno (pronounced bwohn geeornoh; good morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (pronounced bwohn pohmehreejeeoh; good afternoon; formal), buona sera (pronounced bbwoonah sehrah; good evening; formal)
# Japanese - おはよう ございます ohayoou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo (go-zai-mass); good morning), こんにちは konnichi WA (pronounced kong-nee-chee-WA; daytime or afternoon), こんばんは konbanwa (pronounced kong-ban-WA; evening); もし もし moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when calling/answering the phone); どうもう doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of thanking/greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)
# Jibberish - huthegelluthego, h-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (formal), h-diguh-i (informal), h-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (meaning "how are you?")
# Jamaican(slang)- Yow Wah gwaan (pronounced WA-gwaan)
# Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)
# Kannada - namaskara
# Kazakh - Salem (hello), Kalay zhagday (How are you?)
# Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")
# Korean - ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned ahn-yan-ha-say-yo), ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")
# Kurdish - choni, roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)
# Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-Dee)
# Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete (pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person), ave (pronounced ar-way; when talking to one person; when talking to someone respected), avete (pronounced ar-way-tay; when talking to more than one respected person)
# Latvian - labdien, sveiki, chau (informal; pronounced chow).
# Lingala - mbote
# Lithuanian - laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to a male), sveika (informal; when speaking to a female), sveiki (informal; when speaking to more than one person).
# Lojban - coi
# Lolcat - Ohai!
# Luxembourgish - moïen (pronounced MOY-en)
# Malayalam - namaskkaram
# Maldivian (Dhivehi) - kihineth (meaning "how" - the common way of greeting)
# Maltese - merħba (meaning "welcome"), bonġu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-tajjeb (evening)
# Maori - kia ora (kia o ra), tena koe, ata Marie, morena (good morning)
# Marathi - namaskar
# Mongolian - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronounced say-noo; informal), ugluunii mend (morning; pronounced ohglohny mend), udriin mend (afternoon, pronounced ohdriin mend), oroin mend (evening; pronounced or-oh-in mend)
# Nahuatl - niltze, hao
# Navajo - ya'at'eeh
# Niuean - faka lofa lahi atu (formal) fakalofa (informal)
# Neapolitan - cia, cha
# Nepalbhasha - Jwajalapa, ज्वजलपा
# Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha
# Northern German - moin moin
# Northern Shoto - dumelang
# Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").
# Oshikwanyama - WA uhala po, meme? (to a female; response is ee), WA uhala po, tate? (to a male; response is ee) nawa tuu? (response is ee; formal), ongaipi? (meaning "how is it?"; informal)
# Oromo(Afan Oromo) - asham (hi')akkam? (how are you?),nagaa (peace, peace be with u)
# Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
# Pig Latin - eyhay (informal), ellohay (formal), atswhay upay? ("what's up?")
# Polish - dzień dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cześć (hi, pronounced, "cheshch")
# Portuguese - oi, boas, olá or alô (informal); bom dia or bons dias (good morning, used before noon or before the noon meal); boa tarde or boas tardes (good afternoon, used after noon or after the noon meal, until twilight); boa noite or boas noites (good evening and good night, used after twilight).
# Punjabi - sat sri akal
# Rajasthani (Marwari)- Ram Ram
# Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna searaformal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nhuh)
# Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
# Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)
# Scanian - haja (universal), hallå (informal), go'da (formal), go'maren (morning), go'aften (evening)
# Scottish, hi (informal) hello the noo (hello)
# Senegal - salamaleikum
# Serbian - zdravo, ćao (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar dan (afternoon), dobro veče (pronounced dobro vetcheah evening), laku noć (night), do viđenja (see you soon)
# Sinhala - a`yubowan (pronounced ar-yu-bo-wan; meaning "long live")Kohomada? (ko-ho-ma-da meaning how are you?)
# Slovak - dobrý deň (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), čau (pronounced chow) and dobrý (informal abbreviation)
# Slovenian - živjo (informal; pronounced zhivyo), dobro jutro (morning), dober dan (afternoon), dober večer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)
# South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)
# Spanish - hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, qué onda (South America;very informal, like "what's up"; pronounced keh ondah), qué hay, (South America; very informal), qué pasa (Spain, informal), buenos días ("good morning"), buenas tardes (afternoon and early evening), buenas noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying "buenas". Also Qué Transa (Mexico;very informal, like "what's up" pronounced keh trahansa). Qué tál, meaning "what's up", pronounced "kay tal".
# Sulka - marot (morning; pronounced mah-rote [rolled r and lengthened o], mavlemas (afternoon; v is pronounced as a fricative b), masegin (evening; g is pronounced as a fricative)
# Swahili - jambo, Habari (hello), Habari gani (How are you?)
# Swedish - tja (very informal; pronounced sha), hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)
# Swiss German - grüzi (pronounced grew-tsi)
# Tagalog (Pilipino - Philippines) - Kumusta po kayo? (formal, means "How are you, sir or madam", pronounced "kuh-muh-stah poh kah-yoh"), Kumusta ka? (informal, means "how are you?", "kuh-muh-stah kah"). You can also add na when talking to someone you haven't see in a while, Kumusta na po kayo? or Kumusta ka na?. Magandang umaga po (Good morning, pronounced "mah-gan-dang oo-mah-gah poh"), Magandang hapon po (Good afternoon, "mah-gan-dang ha-pon poh"), Magandang gabi po (Good evening or night, "mah-gan-dang gah-beh poh"), Magandang tanghali po (good day, literally midday or noon, "mah-gan-dang tang-ha-leh poh"); NOTE: to make these informal greetings, drop po from the end and add the person's first name. Still, some people use words like mare or pare (very informal greeting, mare pronounced "mah-reh" for a close female friend; pare pronounced "pah-reh" for a close male friend). You may add it either before or after the greeting. Example, Mare, kumusta ka na? or Kumusta ka na, pare?
# Tahitian - ia orana
# Tamil - vanakkam
# Telugu- namaskaram
# Telugu - baagunnara (means "how are you?"; formal)
# Tetum (Timor - Leste) - bondia (morning), botarde (afternoon), bonite (evening)
# Thai - sawa Dee-ka (said by a female), sawa Dee-krap (said by a male)
# Tongan - malo e lelei
# Tshiluba - moyo
# Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or your juniors)
# Turkish - merhaba selam (formal), selam (Informal)
# Ukranian - dobriy ranok (formal; morning), dobriy den (formal; afternoon), dobriy vechir (formal; evening), pryvit (informal)
# Uzbek - Assalomu Alaykum (Formal) Salom(Informal) YM
# Ung Tongue - Hello (This is a made-up language, like Pig latin. This is pronounced Hung-ee-lung-lung-oh.)
# Urdu - adaab ir salam (waley-kum)
# Vietnamese - xin chào
# Welsh - shwmae (North Wales; pronounced shoe-my)OR Helo
# Yiddish - sholem aleikhem (literally "may peace be unto you"), borokhim aboyem or gut morgn (morning), gutn ovnt (evening), gutn tog (day), gut shabbos (only used on the Sabbath)
# Zulu - sawubona
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