Bear isn't brother to cow.

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:eng: Bear isn't brother to cow. (mongolian proverb)
:deu: Der Bär ist nicht der Bruder der Kuh. (mongolisches Sprichwort)
:nor: Bjørnen er ikke bror til kua. (mongolsk ordspråk)
:dan: Bjørnen er ikke bror til koen. (mongolsk ordsprog)
:swe: Björnen är inte bror till kon. (mongoliskt ordspråk)

:sme: Bierdna ii leat gusa viellja.
:fin: Karhu ei ole naudan veli. (mongolialainen sananlasku)
:hun: A medve nem bátya tehénnek. (mogol közmondás)

:lat: Ursus non est frater bovis.
:fra: L'ours n'est pas le frère de la vache. (proverbe mongolien)
:fra: Old French: Li urs n'est pas li frere dela vache.
:ita: L'orso non è il fratello della mucca. (proverbio mongolo)
:esp: El oso no es el hermano a la vaca.

:rus: Медведь не брат корове. (монгольская пословица)
:pol: Niedźwiedź nie jest bratem krowie.

:roc: 雄不是牛的兄弟。 xiong2 bu2shi4 niu2 de xiong1di4
:roc: (Hokkien) 雄毋是牛的兄弟。 hîng m̄-sī gû-ê hiann-tī

:tur: Ayı kardeşi inek değildir. (Moğol Atasözü)
:jpn: 熊は牛のお兄さん・弟じゃない。(モンゴルの諺) Kuma wa ushi no oniisan/otouto janai. (mongoru no kotowaza)
:jpn: Satsugū: くまべぶんあにょ・おとっじょじゃんと。(モンゴルん諺) Kuma bebun anyo/otojjo janto. (mongorun kotowaza)
:jpn: Amami: Kuma ya qusy ga qanyó/ututu na qaram. (mongoru ga khutuwaza)

Conlangs

:epo: La urso ne estas frato de la bovo. (mongola proverbo)
:con: Volapük: Ber no binom blod kona. (spiket mongola)
:con: Ariakis: Artas ne Brot Karvei.
:con: Nolikan: Urus haglaha la taxwin da
:con: Yoketian: Ulma' or āmayna nolpe hepu
:con: Taiwazaiho: wootan yuu hutih huloos kong sa.
:con: Kala: kuma ma uako otauak - 그마 마 우고 오다욱 - bear and cow brother.NEG (ntasa monkola)
:con: Inyauk: Iníkair nahiílinat ikúlax.
DEF-bear-PSR IDF-sibling-PSD DEF-cow-IN
:con: Wistra Gutisk: Baira nist bróþar branón. (Mongls gajuko)
:con: Xylphika: Eði fratem kur qu'e. (paroimia monqolym)
:con: Hezek: Sorruk taj maggolte cagda. (mongol möniskaj)
:con: Feayran: Munthárhrihulukke kobái ulkéuth. (this translation preserves given details)
brother<LEAD-NEG-ESS-INTR-CLS(predator).FOLLOW.S-CLS(large_prey)<LOC.LEAD>> bear<DIR.FOLLOW> elk<LOC.LEAD>
:con: Feayran: Munthárhrituluke. (this translation is more naturally how a feayr would express the proverb's sentiment.)
brother<LEAD-NEG-ESS-INTR-CLS(predator).FOLLOW.S-CLS(small_prey)<LOC.LEAD>>
:con: Wattētexu: Xe kū me kēte xu ta kāmo ta mōko (ne toxiwattē ne mogolīha).
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Natlangs

:eng: Bear isn't brother to cow. (mongolian proverb)
:deu: Der Bär ist nicht der Bruder der Kuh. (mongolisches Sprichwort)
:nor: Bjørnen er ikke bror til kua. (mongolsk ordspråk)
:dan: Bjørnen er ikke bror til koen. (mongolsk ordsprog)
:swe: Björnen är inte bror till kon. (mongoliskt ordspråk)

:sme: Bierdna ii leat gusa viellja.
:fin: Karhu ei ole naudan veli. (mongolialainen sananlasku)
:hun: A medve nem bátya tehénnek. (mogol közmondás)

:lat: Ursus non est frater bovis.
:fra: L'ours n'est pas le frère de la vache. (proverbe mongolien)
:fra: Old French: Li urs n'est pas li frere dela vache.
:ita: L'orso non è il fratello della mucca. (proverbio mongolo)
:esp: El oso no es el hermano a la vaca.

:rus: Медведь не брат корове. (монгольская пословица)
:pol: Niedźwiedź nie jest bratem krowie.

:roc: 雄不是牛的兄弟。 xiong2 bu2shi4 niu2 de xiong1di4
:roc: (Hokkien) 雄毋是牛的兄弟。 hîng m̄-sī gû-ê hiann-tī

:tur: Ayı kardeşi inek değildir. (Moğol Atasözü)
:jpn: 熊は牛のお兄さん・弟じゃない。(モンゴルの諺) Kuma wa ushi no oniisan/otouto janai. (mongoru no kotowaza)
:jpn: Satsugū: くまべぶんあにょ・おとっじょじゃんと。(モンゴルん諺) Kuma bebun anyo/otojjo janto. (mongorun kotowaza)
:jpn: Amami: Kuma ya qusy ga qanyó/ututu na qaram. (mongoru ga khutuwaza)
:kor: 곰은 안형제이다 개에게. gomeun anhyeongje-ida gae-ege bear-TOP NEG-brother-COP cow-DAT.INAN

Conlangs

:epo: La urso ne estas frato de la bovo. (mongola proverbo)
:con: Volapük: Ber no binom blod kona. (spiket mongola)
:con: Ariakis: Artas ne Brot Karvei.
:con: Nolikan: Urus haglaha la taxwin da
:con: Yoketian: Ulma' or āmayna nolpe hepu
:con: Taiwazaiho: wootan yuu hutih huloos kong sa.
:con: Kala: kuma ma uako otauak - 그마 마 우고 오다욱 - bear and cow brother.NEG (ntasa monkola)
:con: Inyauk: Iníkair nahiílinat ikúlax.
DEF-bear-PSR IDF-sibling-PSD DEF-cow-IN
:con: Wistra Gutisk: Baira nist bróþar branón. (Mongls gajuko)
:con: Xylphika: Eði fratem kur qu'e. (paroimia monqolym)
:con: Hezek: Sorruk taj maggolte cagda. (mongol möniskaj)
:con: Feayran: Munthárhrihulukke kobái ulkéuth. (this translation preserves given details)
brother<LEAD-NEG-ESS-INTR-CLS(predator).FOLLOW.S-CLS(large_prey)<LOC.LEAD>> bear<DIR.FOLLOW> elk<LOC.LEAD>
:con: Feayran: Munthárhrituluke. (this translation is more naturally how a feayr would express the proverb's sentiment.)
brother<LEAD-NEG-ESS-INTR-CLS(predator).FOLLOW.S-CLS(small_prey)<LOC.LEAD>>
:con: Wattētexu: Xe kū me kēte xu ta kāmo ta mōko (ne toxiwattē ne mogolīha).
:con: Inniz: La bä naf ok së uf brotak al'e kåá.
DEF.ART.MASC bear.MASC 3.3SNG.OBJ BE INDEF.ART.MASC sibling-MASC to.DEF.ART.FEM cow-FEM
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míkl wrote: 18 Apr 2011 21:57 Natlangs

:roc: 雄不是牛的兄弟。 xiong2 bu2shi4 niu2 de xiong1di4
:roc: (Hokkien) 雄毋是牛的兄弟。 hîng m̄-sī gû-ê hiann-tī
I'm still not an expert on Mandarin, but I'm pretty sure that 雄 for 'bear' is a typo. It should be 熊.
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Iyionaku wrote: 25 Apr 2018 14:19
míkl wrote: 18 Apr 2011 21:57
:chn: :twn: 雄不是牛的兄弟。 xiong2 bu2shi4 niu2 de xiong1di4
:chn: :twn: (Hokkien) 雄毋是牛的兄弟。 hîng m̄-sī gû-ê hiann-tī
I'm still not an expert on Mandarin, but I'm pretty sure that 雄 for 'bear' is a typo. It should be 熊.
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As for the Hokkien, well, writing in dialect is always its own little kettle of woe, but that romanization system has simply gots to go (I doubt that will happen in my lifetime). 毋 for m̄ seems widespread enough in current usage, though I've also seen 呣, 呒, and even 唔 for this. Back in the day, texts seemed to me to be moving away from 的 for ê, opting for 兮 or の (mind, my experience with Hokkien was in Taiwan -- I haven't seen it at work in the wild here on the mainland). More importantly, neither my mainland nor Taiwan resources offer hîng for 熊 (bear). Both have him5 for the colloquial pronunciation (used in most contexts) and hiong5 for the literary pronunciation (as in 熊掌 - bear claw).
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I guess I'll make two translations here: one a "literal" translation, and one of the proverb (or what I assume the proverb to be about).

:con: Asta

literal:

pa‘ na‘xwəx ‘ininyatrewuxrəra nəmawə
pa‘ na‘xwəx ‘i-n-inye<atr>-wuxrə-ra nəmawə
NEG bear 3erg-IIs-become<APPL>-brother-REP ox
The bear does not become brother to the ox

sentimental

pa‘ ‘inə‘minnyixəra namə nexsəsə
pa‘ ‘i-n-ə‘min-nyixə-ra namə nexsəsə
NEG 3erg-IIs-join-able-REP fish heron
Herons can't marry fish

Note the idiosyncratic use of the reported suffix in proverbial statements.
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I just saw this acted out on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd-4i0tKqCw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk-SrpaP8oI

[O.O]

Boy, are they ever not brothers.
But they do like to wrassle a lot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBDxK-PQnkY

Apparently, bears don't make good brothers to boars, either.
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It's all about cows here at the moment.

:con: Ngolu / Iliaqu

Kka tani ju eluajaha uji eluamumu.
NEG sibling NOM.3S.DEF.ICS bear GEN.3S.DEF.ICS bovine
The bear is not the cow's brother.

You could use the dative -s eji (with epenthetic) instead of the genitive uji and that would mean more like "does not behave as a brother to cow" I guess, and that might be the original meaning?
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:eng: Eald Ænglisc

a) Nis bera cūs brōþor
NEG=be<PRS.3SG> cow.GEN.SG brother.NOM.SG

Could not resist the making a more alliterative version, by making the cow into a bull:

b) Ne bera ne bula nearon ᵹebrōþru
NEG.CNJ bear.NOM.SG NEG.CNJ bull.NOM.SG NEG=be<PRS.3PL> <COLL>brother.NOM.PL



:got:
a) baira nist brōþar stiuris.
bear.NOM.SG NEG=be<PRS.3SG> brother.NOM.SG bull\calf.GEN.SG

b) Ni baira ni stiur ni sind brōþrjus
NEG.CNJ bear.NOM.SG NEG.CNJ bull\calf.NOM.SG NEG=be<PRS.3PL> brother.NOM.PL

The interesting thing here about the Gothic is that stiur is used for "bull", but also "calf" in Wulfilas, so there is an extra element of tension similar to the calf & lion allegory in Isaiah 11:6.
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:con: Sadrås

The Sadrås prefers to use the masculine Kœbvj 'bull', 'steer'.

a.1) Nejs der Skær der Bfrode dene Kœbvje.
NEG=be<PRS.3SG> DEF.M.SBJ.SG <Skear>SBJ.SG DEF.M.SBJ.SG brother.SBJ.SG DEF.M.OBJ.SG bull.OBJ.SG
The Skear is not brother to the bull.

a.2) Nejs der Skær der Bfrode den Kœbvjes.
NEG=be<PRS.3SG> DEF.M.SBJ.SG <Skear>SBJ.SG DEF.M.SBJ.SG brother.SBJ.SG DEF.M.GEN.SG bull.GEN.SG
The Skear is not the bull's brother.

b) Nerin Bfredere nönder Skær nönder Kœbvj.
NEG=be<PRS.PL> brother<PL>SBJ NEG=CNJ <Skear>SBJ.SG NEG=CNJ bull.SBJ.SG
Neither Skear nor bull are brothers.

FOOTNOTE: There are no longer any bears on Tirga. The distantly related procyonid Raŋkun (Peloronasua nyctanuqui syn. Metachapalmalania ingens ) can approach a bear's proportions, as does the extremely rare megapredacious monotreme the Ölbjår ( Urstrix osobuho syn. Buhoso buhoso, Arktyto buhoso & Ossogulfo janshufdovei). But the main massive omnivorous ursine analog on Tirga would have to be the manxsome Skear (Dringsnappininger septentrionalis ), which is a descendant of the doughty skunk.

Frankly, there oughtn't be any kine-kind around, either. Nevertheless, kine still have life in mythological imagery of various Tirgan cultures, even if the animals themselves have all but disappeared.
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Īsmay

Bear isn't brother to cow.
older_brother POSS=cow=COP bear=NEG
ugbad ʕ=but=l dakka=2ot
ugbad å'but'al dakk'ōt
/ugbad ɒbutal dakːoːt/
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:con: Arka

delt de aruuj e bak.
bear COP.NEG younger_brother GEN cow

There are two words for 'brother' in this language: alser (older brother) and aruuj (younger brother).
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Fluffy8x wrote: 11 Jan 2019 20:56 :con: Arka

delt de aruuj e bak.
bear COP.NEG younger_brother GEN cow

There are two words for 'brother' in this language: alser (older brother) and aruuj (younger brother).
Same in Īsmay. I find it interesting that you chose "younger brother" and I chose "older brother" for the same translation.
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:con: Lóko baaṣát

Tṣaám báṣat jiinár na du.
[bear brother cow-DAT no MASC-be]
[t͡ʃáːm báʃat ɟiːnár na du]
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Bear isn't brother to cow. (mongolian proverb)
Burh no rä dellahihu bryongt kqa-di. (munqhuluahiuyyu saxx)
/buɾ no ræ dælahihu brjɔŋt kva-di. (mʊŋquluahiuju satʃ)/
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:con: Qōxyatha'xothri

Irsēqtiā angāqtsi qotyaxir.
[ɪɾ̥s̺eːqtɪˈjaː aˈŋaqtʃɪ qotˈjaxɪɾ̥]
Ø-ir-sēq-tiā angāq-tsi qotyaxi-r
NEG-brother-4SG.POSS cow-ABS bear-ABS

"Bear isn't brother to cow."
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In the French translation, "Mongolian proverb" should be rendered as "proverbe mongol". "Mongolien" is more common as an offensive word for someone with Down syndrome.

:fra: French

L'ours n'est pas le frère de la vache. (proverbe mongol)
Bear isn't brother to cow.



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L' ous l' e ppas li frére d' la vâhe. (prôvèrbou mongólou)
[ˈlus lɛˈpɑs liˈfʁe.ʁə dləˈvɑː.hə | pʁɔˈvɛʁ.bu mɔ̃ˈgo.lu]
DEF bear 3S be NEG DEF-M.N brother of DEF-F.C.ACC cow-ACC | proverb mongolian-M.C

Bear isn't brother to cow.

N = "noble" or human-associated gender
C = "common" or non-human-associated gender
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L’ursu n’e le frader de lä väch. (pruverbiu mongolu)
/luɾsʌ ne lə fɾadr̩ də læ vɛʃ | pruvəɾbjʌ moŋɡɔlʌ/

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Det ber ne is de bróder tó det kuu naucht. (mongolisch soedseyn).
/dɛt bɛr nɛː ɪs də bɾøːdər tøː dɛt kuː naʊχt | moŋɡolɪʃ zøːdzɛɪn/
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I've got zero idea if I did this challenge before the board was pruned, but oh well - maybe one day I'll retrieve the information and be amused how much everything has changed, huh?
Also, I will proper good grammar for it.

:con: Yélian

A'groan cibit a'namo o'porcé.
[ɐˈgɾoː.ɐn ˈkibɨt ɐˈnaːmɔ̈ ɔ̈pɔ̈ɾˈkeː]
DEF.ANIM=bear NEG-COP.3SG.ANIM DEF.ANIM=brother DEF.GEN=cow
The bear is not the brother of the cow.

:con: Caelian

Paktyen pyorhuric kë byäis.
[pʰakˈtʲɛn pʲɔɾhuˈriç kʰə bʲæɪ̯ʃ]
bear.NOM cow.COM NEG COP.3SG>3SG
The bear is not with the cow.

:con: Utseech

De bär is diken de huh ihr bruth.
[də bæːɹ ɪs ˈdɪkən də huː iɹ bɹuːt]
DEF bear COP.3SG not DEF cow 3SG.GEN brother
The bear is not the brother of the cow.

:con: Bath'aso

Zar ktrztesht hidzhan khejte.
[zɑɾ ˈktr̩ztɛʂt ˈhidʐan ˈkʰɛjtɛ]
NEG bear-DUR brother cow-GEN
The bear isn't the cow's brother.

:con: Paatherye

ना म फ़ेय मै खोहे फ़्राठे.
Nā ma feya may khēhe frāthe.
NEG.3SG.FEM DEF.FEM.NOM bear.NOM DEF.FEM.GEN cow.GEN brother.NOM
The bear is not the cow's brother.

New words for this challenge:
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*p-kty-n - bear, dangerous
New root

Bath'aso

ktrzt [ktr̩zt] - bear
Etymology: New root

khej [kʰɛj] - cow
Etymology: Loan word from Paatherye khēhi "cow"

Paatherye

feya [ˈfeja] - bear
Etymology: taboo avoidance term, most likely derived from pelir "gray", but through an unknown, related substrate language where p > f.
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My conlangs are set on a continent which has no cows, so...

Źilaa Ruńu:

maz mi ajil uveelun teirag.
/mɑz ˈmi ɑˈɟil u.βɛːˈlun tejˈrɑg /
NEG be.3SG brother.NOM goat-OBL bear.NOM
The bear is not the goat's brother.

There isn't really a distinction between "the goat's brother" and "a brother to the goat".

Ak’aleniw:

yawqayin kimekin tʼa mise wey.
/ˈjaw.qa.jin ˈki.me.kin tʼa ˈmi.se wej/
bear=DEF kimeg=DEF of sibling NEG
The bear is not a brother to the kimeg*.

* A kimeg is a domestic animal similar to a very big mountain goat. The word is borrowed from one of the Tumlay languages.
There are possesive prefixes but they can't be used with indefinite nouns.

Midavãtesh (new project, orthogtaphy will probably change):

tqham etjasẽ magha xanhmi ge.
/ˈtXam eˈt͡ɕa.sɛ̃ˈma.ɣa ˈxaŋ.mi ge/
bear(II).ABS goat(II)-DAT older.brother(I).ABS be-3SG.II NEG
The bear is not a brother to the goat.
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Crappy ad hoc attempt.

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