rudder

The Greek that is translated as “(small) rudder” in English is translated in the following ways:

  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “(a small) stick”
  • Mezquital Otomi: “a (little) metal”
  • Rincón Zapotec: “(little) wooden hand” (source for this and two above: Ellis Deibler in Notes on Translation July, 1967, p. 5ff.)
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “thing that is in the water that steers the boat”
  • Teutila Cuicatec: “paddle that steered the ship” (source for this and one above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: “board to steer” (source: Ronald D. Olson in Notes on Translation January, 1968, p. 15ff.).

See also ship and anchor.

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