Goodbye in many languages

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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 Goodbye in Akkadian Cuneiform (ina šulmi alik)
(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 លាសិន​ហើយ (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)
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)
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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