"A tengerimalacok nem disznók."

Translation: Guinea pigs are not pigs.

[vytah]

malac - piglet
tenger - sea
tengeri - sea (adj)
tengerimalac - lit. "sea piglet", analogous to German Meerschweinchen or Polish świnka morska

[vvsey]

Piglets from overseas, indeed.
And an archaic name for "corn", also from America, is "tengeri".

[Judit294350]

Don't know about "archaic" my family uses "tengeri" by default - and grows the stuff.

[cosmo-pedant]

Do we have an Iowa connection here?

[Bastette54]

"Tengeri" is an English word? I've never heard it. (I grew up in urban areas.) Do you know the etymology, by any chance? Probably not related to "tenger," since corn doesn't grow in the sea. :)

[Judit294350]

My family is Hungarian.

[Bastette54]

Thanks for that explanation, I was puzzling over that word. Sea-something, but I didn't know "malac."

[chirelchirel]

Oh, so the Finnish word 'marsu' must come from those (through Swedish marsvin).

[Emile-_-]

In French we say "cochon d'Inde" which means Indian pig lol it's interesting to see how it translates in different languages

[Antonis106693]

In Greek we say "ινδικό χοιρίδιο" (indikó chirídio), which means "Indian piglet". It's similar enough to French

[Nab918927]

Shouldn't "The" be dropped for general statements?

[Tom642395]

És a földimalacok?