sour wine / vinegar

The Hebrew and Greek that is translated in English as “sour wine” or “vinegar” is translated in the following ways:

  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: “wine”
  • Navajo (Dinė): “sour grape juice”
  • Aguaruna: “bitter drink”
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “cheap wine” (source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
  • Noongar: “sour / bitter water” (source: Bardip Ruth-Ang 2020)
  • Chichewa “spoiled wine” (vinyo wosasa — the word “wosasa” is used to refer to any food or drink that has become bad and produces bad smell because it has either overstayed or exposed to bacteria and other infections) (source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “sour wine juice” (source: Bariai Back Translation)

See also proceeds from the vine / anything that comes from the grapevine and wine.

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