These are phrases you use when parting from others. In some languages those leaving and those staying each use different phrases. The English word goodbye comes from the Old English God þē mid sīe ("God be with you").
Glossary of abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person), >m = said to men, >f = said to women.
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| Language | Parting phrase(s) |
|---|---|
| Abkhaz | Абзиараз (Abziaraz) |
| Adyghe | Гъогу маф! Тызэрэлъэгъун (see you) |
| Afrikaans | Totsiens Mooi loop (go/walk well) |
| Akkadian |  (ina šulmi alik) |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Tung Mir-u-päfshim Shimi ma vôn (see you later) |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Paçim Mirupafshim Shihemi më vonë (see you later) |
| Aleut | Ukudigada |
| Aklan | Mayad nga gabi-i Hasta sa masunod atong pagkita |
| Alsatian | Or'var Biss boll (see you soon) Àdje Àdie |
| Altay | Кӧрижерис болбой (Körižeris bolboj) Јакшы болзын (Ĵakšı bolzın) |
| Amharic | ቻው (chaw) - inf ደህና ሁን (dähna hun) - m ደህና ሁኚ (dähna hunyi) - f ደህና ሁኑ (dähna hunu) - pl |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ma'is salāma) مع السّلامة (bai) باي |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Ma3 el saleme |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
m - (tosbeho ‘ala khair) تصبح على خير f - (tosbeheena ‘ala khair) تصبحين على خير (ma'a as-salāmah) مع السلامة (ilā al-liqā') إلى اللقاء |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(lla yemsek 'la khir) الله يمسك علي خير |
| Aragonese | Adiós (goodbye) Adixatz (goodbye) Dica luego (see you soon) Que vaiga bueno (take care) |
| Arapaho | Heetce'noohobe3en (I will see you again) |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Ց'տեսություն (Tstesutyun) Հաջողությո'ւն: (Hajoghutyun) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Ցտեսութիւն: (Tsuhdesootyoon) Յաջողութիւն: (Hachoghootyoon) Մնաք բարով: (Muhnak parov) - leaving Երթաք բարով: (Yertak parov) - staying |
| Assamese | বিদায় (biday) বায় (bay) |
| Asturian | Hasta dempués Hasta llueu Ta llueu Dica llueu Ta mañana Ta pronto Ta la prósima |
| Atikamekw | Matcaci |
| Aymara | Jikisiñkama (See you) Jikisiñkamaya (reply) Qharürkama (See you tomorrow) Qharükamaya (reply) Mayakama (Until the next time) Mayakamaya (reply) Sarawayä (I'm going) Sarawayamaya (reply) Sart'awayä (I'm going) Sart'awayamaya (reply) Maqawayä (I'm going) Maqawayamaya (reply) Sarä (I'm going) Saramaya (reply) Sarxä (I'm going) Sarxamaya (reply) |
| Azerbaijani | Sağol (inf) Xudahafiz (inf) Sağolun (inf) Salamat qalın(frm) Görüşənədək (frm) |
| Balinese | Rahajeng memargi Sampai jumpa (see you) |
| Bambara | K'an bεn (inf) N taara |
| Bashkir | һау бул (hau bul) һау булығыҙ! (hau buliğiź!) күрешкәнгә тиклем (küryeşängä tiklyem!) осрашҡанға тиклем! (osraşqanğa tiklyem!) - see you later иртәгәгә тиклем! (irtägägä tiklyem) - see you tomorrow тиҙҙән күрешкәнгә тиклем! (tiźźän küryeşängä tiklyem!) - see you soon |
| Basque | Agur Gero arte (see you later) |
| Bavarian | Seavus (inf) Bfiad di (inf) Bfiad aih (pl) Af vidašaung (frm) Vidašaung (frm) Bfiad god |
| Belarusian | Да пабачэньня (Da pabačeńnya) Убачымся (Ubačymsia) |
| Bengali | আসি? (Ashi?) - lit, ‘may I come?’ = ’may I leave?’ ভালো থাকবেন। (Bhalo thakben) - lit. ‘stay well’ - frm ভালো থেকো। (Bhalo theko) lit. ‘stay well’ - inf বিদায় নিচ্ছি। (Biday nichchhi) lit. ‘I am bidding farewell’ খোদা হাফেজ। (Khoda hafeǰ) lit. ‘the lord is the keeper’ - used by Muslims আল্লাহ হাফেজ। (Allah hafeǰ) lit. ‘the lord is the keeper’ - used by Muslims |
| Bhojpuri | प्रणाम (prannam) |
| Biatah | Siramat birakang |
| Bikol | Máduman na ako (inf) Mádigdi na ako (inf) Paáram (frm) |
| Bislama | Tata Ale tata Baibai Lukim yu (See you later) Lukim yu bakegen (See you later) Ale, lukim yu nekis taem (Ok, see you next time) |
| Blaan | Mingat (take care) Sitē telo karang (see you later) |
| Bosnian | Zbogom Do viđenja Ćao Zdravo |
| Breton | Kenavo Ken ar wech all |
| Bulgarian | Довиждане (Doviždane) frm Чао (Čao) inf Всичко хубаво (Vsičko hubavo) Сбогом (Sbogom) До скоро! (Do skoro) - see you soon До утре! (Do utre) - till tomorrow Дочуване (Dočuvane) - used on the phone |
| Burmese | ဘိုင်။ (bhine) ဘိုင်ဘိုင်။ (bhinebhine) |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Te logu Ti prosima vez Ti proxima Ti manham (see you tomorrow) |
| Capiznon | Asta sa liwat |
| Catalan | Adéu (goodbye) A reveure (see you) Que vagi bé (take care) Fins ara (see you soon) Fins després (see you later) Ja ens veurem (we'll be in touch) Fins demà (see you tomorrow) |
| Cebuano | Babay (inf) Manamilit na ko Hangtod sa sunod Ayoayo Magkita lang ta puhon Dalayegon sa Diyos (God bless) |
| Central Dusun | Hino ko po (sg - you are leaving) Hino kou po (pl - you are leaving) Hino ko no (sg you are staying) Hino kou no (pl - you are staying) |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Adios Bye Goodbye |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Adios Anda ya yo (said by the one leaving) Hasta la Vista Hay vene ya yo (I'll return already) |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Ådios Esta Åsta (inf) |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Adios |
| Cherokee | ᏙᎾᏓᎬᎰᎢ (Donadagvhoi) >sg ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ (Dodadagohvi) >pl ᏗᏓᏲᎵᎲᏛᎦᎴᏂᏍᎬ (Didayolihvdvgalenisgv) |
| Chichewa | Ndapita (I'm going) Yendani Bwino (Go well) Tsalani bwino (Stay well) Pitani bwino (Go well) Tionana (See you later) Tionana mawa (See you tomorrow) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
再見 (joigin) 拜拜 (bāaibaai) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
再見 (tsai5gien5) 拜拜 (bai5bai5) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
再見 [再见] (zàijiàn) 拜拜 (bàibài) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
再会 (zä wēi) 明朝会 (minzō wēi) |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
请 (chia2) |
| Cheyenne | Náto'seévâhóó'óhtse (I'm going back home) Nêstaévâhósevóomâtse (I'll see you again - reply) Né'évâhósêho'êhneo'o (Come again - reply) |
| Chipewyan | Nanest’į losą́ Nánést’į nįndé nesdhen |
| Choctaw | Chi pisa lachike (I'll see you soon) |
| Chuukese | Kene nom (speaker leaving) Kene no (speaker staying) |
| Chuvash | Цхипер (Chiper) - inf Тепре тӗл пулицхцхен (Tepre tĕl pulichchen) - frm Сывӑ пулӑр (Syvă pulăr) |
| Cimbrian | Bar ségan-sich! |
| Coastal Kadazan | Tumoodo no |
| Comanche | Noo nʉ pʉetsʉ̱ku ʉ punine (See you tomorrow) |
| Cornish | Duw genes (sg) Duw genowgh hwi (pl) Dha weles (see you) Agas gweles (pl) Dha weles skon (see you soon) Dha weles diwettha (see you later) Dha weles a-vorow (see you tomorrow) |
| Corsican | Avvedeci À a prossima À dopu |
| Cree | ᑭᑎᐘᒼ ᐊᓯᒥᓇ ᑲᐘᐸᒥᑎᐣ (kitiwam asimina kawapamitan) (I will see you again) |
| Croatian | Zbogom Doviđenja |
| Crow | Deawagawik |
| Cuyonon | Adios Amblig (Be careful) |
| Czech | Nashledanou (frm) Naviděnou (frm) Mějte se (frm) Čau (inf) Ahoj (inf) Nazdar (inf) Měj se (inf) |
| Danish | Farvel (frm) Farvel så længe (Farewell so long) - frm Hej hej (inf) Vi ses (See you) Ha' en god dag (Have a good day) Hav det godt (Have a good one) På gensyn (See you later) Pas på dig selv (Take care of yourself) |
| Dari | (Xudâ hâfez) خدا حافظ (Tâ didâr ba'ad) تا دیدار بعد |
| Dholuo | Oriti (Goodbye) Wabironenore (We'll see each other [later]) Wanere kiny (Let's see each other tomorrow) Oriti idhi maber (Go well) Oriti idong’ maber (Stay well) |
| Duala | Póndá nípɛ́pɛ̄ Na má àlà Bāɲū ɓópɛ́pɛ̄ |
| Dutch | Tot ziens Tot straks (see you later) Tot gauw (see you soon) Tot zo (see you) Dag Doeg Doei |
| Dzongkha | ལོག་ཤུལ་ལས་འབྱལ་གེ། (Lok shu ley jel gey) - See you later ཡ་ཡ། ཡར་སི་མས། (Yaya. Yasi mey) - Okay. Bye |
| Elfdalian | Sją̊ums, ärums |
| Efik | Tie suñ Ka di |
| English | Goodbye Farewell (frm) Bye Bye bye See you See you later later so long cheers cheerio toodle-oo ta-ta tara ciao |
| Estonian | Head aega Nägemist |
| Ewe | Hede nyuie (safe journey) Mia dogo (we'll meet again) |
| Extremaduran | Adiós! (frm) Con dios! (frm) Adiós con dios! (frm) Vai con dios! (frm) Di con dios! (frm) Anda con dios! (frm) Andai con dios! (frm) Quea con dios! (frm) Queai con dios! (frm) Amos! (inf) Amos allá! (inf) Ya vás? (inf) Ya vais? (inf) |
| Faroese | Farvæl Bei Vit síggjast |
| Fijian | Moce Ni sa moce |
| Finnish | Näkemiin Moikka |
| Flemish (West) | Saluu |
| French | Au revoir À bientôt |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Adjiis |
| Frisian (Saterland) | Tjüüs Oan't sjen Farwol Oan't strak Do |
| Frisian (West) | Hoi Oant sjen Oant letter |
| Friulian | Ariviodisi Mandi |
| Galician | Adeus |
| Gallo | A la revaerie (see you) A la perchaine (until the next time) A s'entervaer A s'entr-caozer A tatôt A bétot A se revaïr Perch'! |
| Garifuna | Ayó Dai haruga (until tomorrow) |
| Gascon | Adiu (sg) Adishatz (pl) |
| Georgian | ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis) |
| German | Auf Wiedersehen (frm) Tschüss Tschö Tschau/Ciao Servus (inf) Bis dann Bis bald Bis später |
| Greek (Ancient) | Ὑπίαινε! (Hypíaine!) - sg Ὑπιαίνετε! (Hypiaínete!) - pl |
| Greek (Modern) | Γειά σου (Ya su) - inf Γειά σας (Ya sas) - frm/pl Αντίο (Antio) |
| Greenlandic | Takuss' (see you) Ajunnginniarna (farewell) Inuulluarina (said to someone you won't see again) Ajunngikkina |
| Guaraní | Jajotopata Jajoechapeve |
| Guernésiais | À la perchôine (Until the next time) À bét(a)ot (See you soon) À bétao (See you soon) À dmoïn (Until tomorrow) J’té verrai dmoïn (See you tomorrow) |
| Gujarati | આવજો (avjo) - "Come back some other time/day" |
| Haitian Creole | Adye Orevwa Babay N a wè pi ta A pi ta (see you later) A demen (until tomorrow) |
| Hausa | Sai sannu Sai an jima Sai gobe |
| Hawaiian | A hui hou Aloha |
| Hebrew | (Lehitraot) להתראות |
| Herero | Kara nawa (sg) Kara nawee (pl) |
| Hiligaynon | Asta sa liwat Bai Bai (inf) |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (namaste) फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge) |
| Hopi | Kwáakwa |
| Hungarian | Szia Viszlát (inf) Viszontlátásra (frm) |
| Iban | Kami ka' mupuk dulu (We're going back to where we're from) Betemu baru ila (See you later) |
| Icelandic | Vertu blessaður (>m) Vertu blessuð (>f) Bless á meðan Bless bless (inf) Bless Við sjáumst (see you later) Sjáumst síðar (see you later) |
| Ibinda | Sa sialanu Minu ouó (See you later) Yono tele monana (See you tomorrow) |
| Igbo | Ka ọmesịa Ka ọ dị (see you) Ya gazie Ka ọ dị echi (see you tomorrow) |
| Iloko | Pakada Agpakadaakon Kasta pa |
| Inari Saami | Uáinee! (See you, >1p) Uáinip! (See you, >2+p) Moonâ (go healthy, >1p leaving) Mannee (go healthy, >2p leaving) Moonnâđ tiervân! (go healthy, >2+p leaving) Pääsi (stay healthy, >1p staying) Päccee (stay healthy, >2p staying) Pääcciđ tiervân! (stay healthy, >2+p staying) Ele (live healthy, >1p) Ellee (live healthy, >2p) Eelliđ tiervân! (live healthy, >2+p) |
| Indonesian | Selamat tinggal (when leaving) Selamat jalan (when staying) Sampai jumpa lagi |
| Inuktitut | ᐃᓛᓂᓗ (Ilaanilu) ᑕᓪᕙᐅᔪᑎᑦ Talvauyutin/Tagvauyutit ᑕᕝᕙᐅᔪᑎᑦ (Tavvaujutit) - sg ᑕᕝᕙᐅᔪᓯ (Tavvaujusi) - pl ᐊᑦᓱᓇᐃ (Atsunai) |
| Iñupiaq | Tautugniaqmiġikpiñ Qiñiġisilgitkikpiñ Qakugulu Iḷaannigulu Iḷaatnilu Naanaakun |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Slán Slán go fóill Slán agat (to one peron who is staying) Slán agaibh (to more than one person who is staying) Slán leat (to one person who is leaving) Slán libh (to more than one person who is leaving) Feicfidh mé ar ball thú (sg - See you later) Feicfidh mé ar ball sibh (pl - See you later) Chífidh mé ar ball thú (sg - See you later) - Ulster Chífidh mé ar ball sibh (pl - See you later) - Ulster |
| Italian | Ciao Ci vediamo Arrivederci Arrivederla (frm) |
| Italian (Roman dialect) | Arrivedece (inf) Arrivedela (frm) |
| Jamaican | Mi gaan (I'm gone) Likkle more Likkle more den Inna di morrows (In the tomorrows) Walk good |
| Japanese | さようなら (sayōnara) いって来ます (ittekimasu) - 'I'll be back' - you are leaving いってらっしゃい (itterasshai) - 'come back soon' - you are staying じゃあまたね (jā mata ne) - see you later |
| Javanese | ꦏꦼꦥꦁꦒꦶꦃꦩꦭꦶꦃꦧꦼꦚ꧀ꦗꦁ (Kepanggih malih benjang) ꦢꦢꦃ! (Dah dah!) |
| Jenesch | Ninot |
| Jèrriais | À bétôt À bi (reply to the above) À la préchaine (Until next time) À tantôt (See you later) |
| Kabyle | Amenεac (See you soon) Ar tufat (See you soon) Ar azekka (See you tomorrow) |
| Kalmyk | Байртаhар харhтл (Bayrtahar Xarhtl) Cән бәәтн! (Sän bäätn) - inf |
| Kannada | ಹೋಗಿ ಬನ್ನಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹೋಗಿ ಬರ್ತೀರಾ? (hogi banni athavā hogi bartēra?) |
| Kaqchikel | Chwaq chïk Yojch'o yan chik |
Karuk | Chími kuyâapkuh |
| Kashubian | Do ùzdrzeni Do ùzdrzeniô Do ùzdrzonka |
| Kazakh | Сау болыңыз! (Saw bolıñız!) |
| Khmer | លាសិនហើយ (léa sĕn haeuy) ជួបគ្នាថ្ងៃក្រោយ (chuŏb knéa thngey kroŭy) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | Said to those departing !Gâise !gûre (sg) !Gâise ro !gû re. (cm/dl) !Gâise ro !gû re. (fm/dl) !Gâise kho !gû re. (m/dl) !Gâise du !gû re. (f/cm/pl) !Gâise go !gû re. (m/pl) !Gâise so !gû re. (fm/pl) Said to those staying !Gâise hâ re. (sg) !Gâise ro hâ re. (cm/dl) !Gâise ro hâ re. (fm/dl) !Gâise kho hâ re. (m/dl) !Gâise du hâ re. (f/cm/pl) !Gâise go hâ re. (m/pl) !Gâise so hâ re. (fm/pl) |
| Kinyarwanda | Murabeho Mwirirwe (afternoon) Muramuke (evening) Turongera |
| Kiribati | Ti a boo Ti a kaboo |
| Klallam | húy’ |
| Koasati | Atoklo ma̱ |
| Korean | 안녕 (annyeong) 안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo) - you are leaving 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi gaseyo) - you are staying |
| Kumyk | Прощай (Proşçay) Сав болугъуз (Saw boluğuz) Аман къал (Aman qal) Аман къалыгъыз (Aman qalığız) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Evarbash, evara te bi xér (sg) Evarbash, evara we bi xér (pl) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Êware baş |
| Kven | Hei hei Hyvästi Nähđhään hiljemin (See you soon) Näjettelemä (I'll see you) |
| Kyrgyz | Кайырлуу кеч! (Kayryluu kech!) |
| Lao | ໂຊກດີເດີ້ (sôhk dii der) ລາກ່ອນ (la kon) - stay well ໄປດີ (pai di) - go well |
| Ladino | (Adyo) אדיו (Al vermos) אל ב׳ירמוס (Au revoir) או ריב׳ויר (Kedavos en buenora) קידאב׳וס אין בוינורה |
| Latgalian | Vysa loba |
| Latin | Vale (sg) Aveto (sg) Valete (pl) Avetote (pl) |
| Latvian | Uz redzēšanos |
| Laz | მშვიდობა (Mşvidoba) |
| Lingala | Tokomonana (frm) Kende malamu (go well) Tikala malamu (stay well) |
| Lithuanian | Viso gero |
| Livvi-Karelian | Jiä tervehekse (sg) Jiägiä tervehekse (pl) |
| Lojban | co'o |
| Low Saxon | Adjüüs Tschüüs |
| Luganda | Weeraba (sg) Kale, naawe weeraba (reply) Mweraba (pl) Tunaalabagana (See you later) Ka ngende! (I beg to leave!) Kale, tambula bulungi (Okay, travel safely) |
| Lule Sámi | Vuojnnalin (>1p) Vuojnnalip (>2+p) Hivás |
| Luxembourgish | Äddi Awar Ciao |
| Macedonian | Довидување (Doviduvanye) Догледање (Dogledanye) |
| Maithili | Alavidaa Jai chhi Bida del jau |
| Maldivian | (Dhanee) ދަނީ |
| Malagasy | Veloma Mandra-pihaona (see you later); Rahampitso indray ary e (see you tomorrow) |
| Malay | Selamat tinggal (said if you're leaving) Selamat jalan (said you're staying) Sampai jumpa lagi |
| Malayalam | വീണ്ടും കാണാം (vīṇṭuṁ kāṇāṁ) ഗുഡ്ബൈ (guḍbai) |
| Maltese | Ċaw Saħħa Saħħiet (pl) |
| Mam | Qina Chinej |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Slane lhiat (sg) Slane lhiu (pl) Bannaght lhiat (sg) Bannaght lhiu (pl) Hee'm oo (sg) Hee'm shiu (pl) |
| Māori | E noho rā (said by person leaving) E haere rā (said by person staying) Hei kona rā (inf) |
| Mapuche | Pewkallal (general greeting) Pewkallal peñi (to men) Pewkllal lamngen (to women / between men & women) Pewkallal pichi keche (to children) Pewkallal kom pu che (to a group of people) |
| Marathi | येतो (yeto) m येते (yete) f पुन्हा भेटू (pūnhā bhetū) |
| Marshallese | Io̧kwe (sg) Io̧kwe kom̧ (pl) Io̧kwe aolep (goodbye everyone) Bar lo eok (see you later - sg) Bar lo kom̧ (see you later - pl) |
| Mauritian Creole | Orewar Mo truve twa talère |
| Míkmaq | Nmultis (sg - see you later) Nmultoqsip? (pl - see you all later) |
| Mon | ါ႓ဲါ။ တန္ဆ၀ြံကႜာရ။ ေကတ္ကႜာရ။ |
| Monégasque | A se revede Ciau |
| Mongolian | Баяртай (Bayartai) Дараа уулзая (Daraa uulzii!) see you later Маргааш уулзая (Margaash uulzii) see you tomorrow |
| Mossi | Wend na kon-d nindaare Nindaare Bilfou (See you) Beogo (See you tomorrow) |
| Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) | Cehecarēs (I'll see you later) ‘Tehecakvrēs (We'll see you later) Hvtvm cehecarēs Cehecvkarēs (pl) |
| Nahuatl | Ye niauh (to person leaving) Xiauh ica cualtzin (to person staying) Timo-itazque (we will see one another later) Totazque (we will see one another later) Ixquicha moztla (until tomorrow) Ixquicha nimitzihtaz (until I see you later) |
| Nauruan | Tarawong |
| Navajo | Hágoónee’ ("okay/alright then") Hágooshį́į́ Yá’át’ééh (reply) Á'aa, hágoónee’ (reply) |
| Nkore | Osiibegye (Keep well) Kare (Same to you - reply) Turebane bwanyima (See you later) Turebane nyenkyakare (See you tomorrow) |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Lisale kuhle |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Khamba kuhle (go well - to person leaving) Sala kuhle (stay well - to person staying) |
| Nepali | नमस्ते (namaste) |
| Ngoni | Sala kahle (stay well) Salani kahle (stay well - to 2+ people) Hamba kahle (go well) Hambani kahle (go well - to 2+ people) Kwaheri Kwaheri tionana chilau (Bye, see you tomorrow) Tikonganekai badaye (See you later) Tikonganeka karibuni (See you soon) |
| Niuean | Koe kia (sg) Mua (dl) Mua kia (dl) Mutolu (pl) Mutolu kia (pl) |
| Nogai | Аман калынъыз Аман болынъыз Сав калынъыз Сав калынъыз Коьрискенше дейим Коьрискенше куьн яхшы |
| Northern Sámi | Báze dearvan (>1p - "stay with good health") Báhcci dearvan (>2p who are staying) Báhcet dearvan (>2+p who are staying) Mana dearvan (>1p - "leave with good health") Manni dearvan (>2p who are leaving) Mannet dearvan (>2+p who are leaving) Oaidnaleabmai! (>2+p - "see you") |
| Northern Sotho | Gabotse Re tlo bonana ka pela (see you soon) Re tlo bonana ka morago ga lebakanyana (see you later) Sala hantle (said to person staying) Tsamaya hantle (said to person leaving) |
| Norwegian | Ha det bra Hade (inf) Adjø Farvel |
| Occitan | A lèu! Adieu! Adieussiatz! |
| Ojibwe | Giga-waabamin menawaa (See you again) Giga-waabamin naagaj (See you later) Nagaj apii (Later) Baanimaa apii (Later sometime) Baamaapii Wiingezin (Take it easy - casual) |
| Okinawan | 今から行じ来ゅーん (namakara nji chuun) I'll be back - you are leaving (inf) 今から行じ来ゃーびら (namakara nji chaabira) I'll be back - you are leaving (frm) いめんしぇーびり (imensheebiri) come back soon - you are staying (frm) めんそーれー (mensooree) come back soon - you are staying (inf) 行じめんそーれー (nji mensooree) come back soon - you are staying (inf) 行じめんしぇーびり (nji mensheebiri) come back soon - you are staying (frm) 御無礼さびら (guburii sabira) 行じ来ゃーびら (njichaabira) 暇拝なびら (ituma wuganabira) 又ん御行会ー拝なびら (mata n wuichee wuganabira) lit. let's meet again (frm) 又ん御行会ー拝ま (mata n wuichee wugama) lit. let's meet again (inf) また明日拝ま (mata acha wugama) lit. let's meet again tomorrow (inf) また明日拝なびら (mata acha wuganabira) lit. let's meet again tomorrow (frm) 行会ー拝なびら (ichee wuganabira) - frm 行会ー拝ま (ichee wugama) - inf |
| Old English | Wes hāl (sg) Wes þū hāl Wesaþ hāle (pl) Wesaþ hāla (pl/f) Far gesund (sg) Faraþ gesunde (pl) Faraþ gesunda (pl/f) God þē mid sīe ("God be with you") |
| Oʼodham | Oi g him |
| Oriya | ସୁବିଦାୟ (Subidāẏa) |
| Oshiwambo | Kala po nawa (sg) Kalii po nawa (pl) Likwata nawa (Take care) Enda po nawa (Go well) Oshi iwete (See you later) Ota ndi ku mono ngula (See you tomorrow) |
| Ossetian | Фенынмæ (Fenynmæ) |
| Palauan | Mechikung Mechikung me a uriul Ak morolung |
| Papiamento | Ajo Te aworo Te otro biaha |
| Pashto | (da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان (makha de khah) مښه د ګلونه (makha de gulunah) مښه د ښه |
| Pawnee | Kustuci’êrit (I’ll see you) Kustuci’îrit (I’ll see you) |
| Pennsylvania German / Dutch | Sehn dich widder (See you again) Sehn dich schpeeder (See you later) Sei gut! (Be good!) Mach's gut! (Make it good!) Bis widder (Until (we meet) again) Bis schpeeder (Until later) |
| Persian (Farsi) | (bedrood) بدرود (khoda hafez) خدا حافظ |
| Picard | Adè À l'arvoïure À t'ervir |
| Pohnpeian | Kasalehlie |
| Polish | Do widzenia (frm) Do zobaczenia Narazie Cześć (inf) |
| Portuguese | Adeus (frm) Tchau (inf) Até logo! (see you) Até breve (see you soon) Tem cuidado (take care) |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Adeus (frm) Tchau (inf) Até mais! Até breve (see you soon) Te cuida Tem cuidado (take care) |
| Punjabi | ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ / ربّ راکھا (rabb rākhā = "may God protect you") ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾਂਗੇ ست سری آکال فیر مِلاں گے (sati sri akālfir milange) |
| Quechua | Tutañam, ripusaq (It is dark already, I'm going) Huq p'unchaykama (Until another day) Atispaykiqa, kutimuykuy (Come back if you can) Tinkunanchiskama (I'll see you later, farewell) Paqarinkama (Until tomorrow) Huq ratukama (See you later) Tupananchiskama (general) Tupananchikkama (Ayacuco) (till we meet again) |
| Rapa Nui | 'Iorana Ka oho riva-riva |
| Réunion Creole | Adié zangoun Nou artrouv Nartrouv Narwex Narvisa Orovoir Orovwar Bay |
| Romani | Dja devlesa! (to person leaving) Achh devlesa! (to person staying) |
| Romanian | La revedere |
| Romansh | Chau Sin seveser A revair A pli tard |
| Russian | До свидания! (Do svidaniya!) - frm Пока! (Poka!) - inf |
| Rusyn | Из Богом (Yz Bohom) Будьте здорві (Bud’te zdorovi) Будьте и вы (Bud’te y vy) - reply |
| Sakha | Көрсүөххэ дылы (kørsyøxxe dɯlɯ) |
| Samoan | Fā (inf) Tōfā Tōfā soifua |
| Samogitian | Sudėivo Sudieu Vėsa gera Baibai (inf) |
| Sango | Mbi zia mo Gue nzoni Na peko (See you later) Na peko ma (See you soon) Na kekereke (See you tomorrow) Nzapa bata mo (God protect you) |
| Sanskrit | पुनर्मिलाम (punarmilāma) – let's meet again शुभास्ते पंथानः संतु (śubhāste panthānaḥ santu) - may your roads be auspicious (a traditional greeting) |
| Sauk | Kapôtwe kîhnêwone (sg) Kapôtwe kîhnêwonepwa (pl) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Adiosu |
| Scots | Guidbye Bye Bye for noo See ye efter |
| Scottish Gaelic | Beannachd leat (inf) Beannachd leibh (frm/pl) Mar sin leat (inf) - reply to beannachd leat Mar sin leibh (frm/pl) - reply to beannachd leibh Tìoraidh (inf) Tìoraidh ma-tha (inf) Tìoraidh an-dràsta (inf) Bidh mi 'gad fhaicinn (I'll be seeing you) Chi mi a-rithist thu (I'll see you again) Feumaidh mi ruith (I must run) |
| Serbian | Довиђења (Doviđenja) - frm Видимо се касније! (Vidimo se kasniјe!) - See you later! Видимо се ускоро! (Vidimo se uskoro!) - See you soon! Видимо се сутра! (Vidimo se sutra!) - See you tomorrow! |
| Serrano | Payika'tan hiiv 'emey haypa'n |
| Sesotho | Sala hantle (to person staying) Tsamaya hantle (to person leaving) |
| Shawnee | Silinoke kanola (we'll see each other again) |
| Shona | Sara Zvakanaka (sg) Sariayi Zvakanaka (pl) |
| Sicilian | Ciau Nni videmu Salutamu A biatu |
| Sidama | Keeruni |
| Sindhi | Ok - (Chango) چَڱو وَريِ ملَنداسيِن We'll meet again - (Varii milandaasiin) Stay happy - (Xushu raho) چَڱو (Xudaa haafizu) خُدا حافِظُ God (is) the protector (namaste) نَمستي |
| Sinhala | ගිහිල්ලා එන්නම් (gihillā ennam) - when leaving හරි, ගිහින් එන්න (hari, gihin enna) - reply to above මම යනවා (mama yanawā) = 'I'm going' හා (hā) - reply to above |
| Slovak | Dovidenia (frm) Zbohom (frm) Čau (inf) Ahoj (inf) Ahojček (inf) Ahojko (inf) Čauko (inf) Dovi (inf) Pá (inf) Pápá (inf) Servus (inf) |
| Slovenian | Nasvidenje Zbogom Zdravo Adijo |
| Sorbian (Lower) | Bóžemje Na zasejwiźenje Až do witśego (See you tomorrow) Až do chyle (See you soon) |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Božemje Na zasowidźenje Hač do jutřišeho (see you tomorrow) Hač do bórze (see you soon) |
| Southern Sámi | Råekien (>1p) Råekebe (>2+p) Nåå nåå |
| Spanish | Adiós Hasta luego Hasta la vista Hasta mañana |
| Sundanese | Abdi tipayun nya? (said by one leaving) Mangga (reply) Wilujeng angkat Dugi patepang deui Dugi kapendak deui |
| Swahili | Kwaheri |
| Swazi | Sala kahle (sg - stay well) Salani kahle (pl) Hamba kahle (sg - go well) |
| Swedish | Hej då |
| Swiss German | Uf Widerluege Ciao Tschüss Bis spöter Sali Adieu |
| Tagalog | Paálam |
| Tahitian | Nānā Parahi Araua'e |
| Tajik | Хайр! (Xajr!) Сихату саломат боши (Sixatu salomat boši) - inf То дидан!(To didan) - see you later Саломат бошед (Salomat bošed) - be healthy |
| Tamil (formal) | போய் விட்டு வருகிறேன் (poy vittu varugiren) [ml] [fm] அப்புறம் பார்க்கலாமே (appuram parkkalaame) [ml] |
| Tamil (informal) | போயிட்டு வரே (poittu varẽ) [fm] அப்பற0 பாக்கலாமே (aprã paakkalame) [fm] |
| Tatar | Saw bul(iğız) Xuş(iğız) Küreşkèngè tiklem |
| Telugu | వెళ్ళొస్తాను (vellostaanu) వీడ్కోలు (veedkolu) ఇక సెలవు (ika selavu) |
| Tetum | Hau ba lai Hepeye Heppi Adeus Atelogu Ate amanyá |
| Thai | บ๊ายบาย (báai baai) ลาก่อนนะ (laa gòn ná) |
| Tibetan | ག་ལེར་ཕེབས་། (kha-leh phe) - said by person leaving ག་ལེར་བཞུགས་། (kha-leh shu) - said by person staying ད་འགྲོ་རན་ཤག། (ta do-ran-sha) - it's time to go ང་ཚོ་སྐྱིད་པོ་བྱུང་། (nga-tso kyipo chung) - we had a good time སང་ཉིན་མཇལ་ཡོང་། (sânyi jay-yong) - see you tomorrow རྗེས་མ་མཇལ་ཡོང་། (jema jay-yong) - see you later ཡང་སྐྱར་ཕེབས་རོགས་ཨ། (yâng-kya pheb-ro-ah) ཡང་སྐྱར་ཕེབས་རོགས་གནང། (yâng-kya pheb-ro-nang) - please come again |
| Tigrinya | ሰላማት (selamat) |
| Tokelauan | Tōfā (sg) Tōfā koe (sg) Tōfā nī (sg) Tōfā koulua (dl) Tōfā koutou (pl) Toe fetaui (see you later) |
| Tok Pisin | Gutbai Lukim yu bihain (inf) |
| Tongan | ‘Alu a (to sb going) Faka’au ā (to sb going - vfrm) Nofo ā (to sb staying) Toki sio (see you later - inf) |
| Tongva (Gabrielino) | Yaamoxene |
| Tsonga | Sala kahle (sg - to person staying) Salani kahle (pl/frm - to person staying) Famba kahle (sg - to person leaving) Fambani kahle (pl/frm - to person leaving) |
| Tsotsil | Batan Te xkiljbatik Ja' to ok'ob |
| Tswana | Tsamaya sentle (go well - said when leaving) Sala sentle (stay well - said when staying) Go siame (see you) Ke tla go bona (see you) Ke tla go bôna kamoso (see you tomorrow) Ke tla go bôna kgantele (see you later) |
| Tugen | Akerin (See you soon) Sia kerin patae (See you later) Sia kerin mutai (See you tomorrow) |
| Tumbuka | Paweme Mwende makola (travel well) |
| Turkish | Hoşçakal Güle, güle |
| Turkmen | Hoş sag boluň Soňrak duşuşarys (See you later) Tiz wagtdan duşuşarys (See you soon) Ertir duşuşarys (See you tomorrow) |
| Tuvaluan | Tōfā! |
| Twi | Nante yiye Yɛbɛhyia bio (We shall meet again) Akyire yi yɛbɛhyia (We shall meet later) |
| Udmurt | Ӟеч (Dźeč) - sg Ӟечечесь (Dźečes’) - pl Ӟеч лу (Dźeč lu) - sg Ӟеч луэ (Dźeč lue) - pl |
| Ukrainian | До побачення (Do pobačennja) |
| Ulch | Пэдэм дэрэдюксу |
| Urdu | (khuda hafiz) خدا حافظ |
| Uyghur | (Häyir hosh) خەيىر خوش See you later! - (Kiyin körüshäyli)كىيىن كۆرۈشەيلى |
| Uzbek | Hayir Salomat bo'ling (frm) |
| Venda | Kha vha sale (to person staying) Vha tshimbile zwavhudi (to person leaving) |
| Venetian | Adìo Sani |
| Veps | Kaiked hüväd Nägemoi! (See you soon) Vastusehessai (See you soon) Homnehesai (Until tomorrow) Jägat hüväšti! Jä Jumalanke! Nägemižhesai! |
| Vietnamese | Tạm biệt Tạm biệt anh (>m) Tạm biệt chị (>f) |
| Walloon | Arvèy Come on-z a dit A bérâde |
| Wayuu | O'uneechi taya (m) O'unerü taya (f) |
| Welsh | Hwyl Hwyl fawr Hwyl nawr Hywl am y tro Pob hwyl Tara Da boch chi |
| West Kayah (Red Karen) | ꤗꤛꤢꤓꤛꤢꤩ꤬ ꤏꤛꤢꤩꤕꤢ꤬ꤚꤥ꤭ [mjatʰje¹ sʰjepa¹ro³] |
| Westrobothnian | Heddå |
| Wolof | Ba beneen Mangi dem |
| Wymsorys | Güc noma |
| Xhosa | Hamba kakuhle (go well) - sg Sala kakuhle (stay well) - sg Hambani kakuhle (go well) - pl Salani kakuhle (stay well) - pl |
| Yiddish | (Bay) בײַ (A gutn) אַ גוטן (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג (Zay gezunt) זײַ געזונט |
| Yapese | Kafel Kefel Taboch Gow |
| Yolngu | Bubu |
| Yoruba | O da abọ |
| Yucatec Maya | K'a'ak'ate Taak saama (see you tomorrow) Taak ulak k'iin (see you later) |
| Zazaki | Xatir bê to (sg/inf) Xatir bê şima (pl/sg frm) |
| Zulu | Sala kahle (sg) >people staying Salani kahle (pl) >people staying Hamba kahle (sg) >people leaving Hambani kahle (pl) >people leaving Ube no hambo uluhle |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Ĝis poste Ĝis (la) revido Ĝis la Ĝis Adiaŭ |
| Folkspraak | Hav hit gud! Til later Til de next tim Til mal Adieu Farwel |
| Interlingua | Adeo A revider |
| Quenya | Namárië (Be well) Áva márië! (Go happily!) Márienna! (To happiness!) |
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