Greek
| Example in Greek | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Και τέσσερα, σαν να αλωνίζεις. | And four, as though you were threshing. |
| Μάθαμε να ρίχνουμε με το τουφέκι πολύ πριν μάθουμε να αλωνίζουμε. | We learned how to fire a rifle before we learned to thresh. |
| Μας ανάγκασαν να αλωνίζουμε σιτάρι. | They made us thresh wheat. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | trillar | Dutch | dorsen, uitdorsen |
| English | thresh | Finnish | puida |
| French | rosser, rossignoler, roster | German | dreschen |
| Hungarian | csépel | Icelandic | þreskja |
| Italian | spulare, trebbiare | Latvian | kult |
| Macedonian | наврши | Portuguese | debulhar |
| Quechua | t'ustuy | Romanian | treiera |
| Russian | молотить | Spanish | abatojar, despajar, trillar |