| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ze gingen elke dag aan het werk met stenen ballen, koperen beitels of koperen buizen en zand om gaten te slijpen in dioriet en graniet, extreem harde steen. | They went to work every day using stone balls, copper chisels or copper tube and sand to grind holes in diorite and granite, extremely hard rock. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | طحن | Catalan | moldre |
| English | grind | Esperanto | mueli |
| Estonian | ihuma,terituma | Faroese | knasa, mala |
| Finnish | jauhaa, smirgelöidä | French | égriser, moler, moudre |
| German | mahlen | Greek | αλέθω, αλευρώνω |
| Hebrew | טחן | Hungarian | darál, őröl |
| Icelandic | mala, mylja | Indonesian | giling, menggilas, menggiling |
| Italian | digrignare, macinare, molare, triturare | Lithuanian | brūžinti, malti, tekinti |
| Macedonian | меле, толчи | Malay | mencanai |
| Polish | doszlifować, mielić, mleć, namleć, przemielić, przemleć, przeszlifować, rozdrabiać, szlifować, wyszlifować, zemleć, zgrzytać, zmielić | Portuguese | triturar |
| Quechua | allpayachiy, kutay | Romanian | măcina |
| Russian | молоть, отшлифовать, растереть, растирать, смолоть, шлифовать | Spanish | amolar, machar, moler, triturar |
| Swedish | mala | Thai | กรอ |
| Turkish | çektirmek | Vietnamese | giã, mài, nghiến, xay |