שרותים בכריעה

English translation: squat toilet

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Hebrew term or phrase:שרותים בכריעה
English translation:squat toilet
Entered by: Akiva Brest (X)

15:07 Jul 8, 2007
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / Human behavior
Hebrew term or phrase: שרותים בכריעה
כולנו מכירים את השרותים הכוללים חור באדמה או מתקן לשימוש בכריעה, אך איך מכנים מתקן זה באנגלית. האם למישהו פתרונים? תודה! :-)
EGB Translations
Local time: 19:07
squat toilet
Explanation:
or squatting toilet - A direct translation
See following link
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Akiva Brest (X)
Israel
Local time: 19:07
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2squat toilet
Akiva Brest (X)
4hole-in-the-floor toilet
Iris Bat-Or
4squat toilet or "Stand & Deliver" toilet
Jeffrey Brown


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hole-in-the-floor toilet


Explanation:
Google it and you'll get thousands of replies and thousands more images

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-07-08 15:28:55 GMT)
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or an OUT HOUSE if it's the makeshift kind in a small shed, the kind the military often make for field exercises (or rather made, as I wouldn't know about recent years), commonly both shed and "toilet seat" are made of wood over a cesspit.

Iris Bat-Or
Local time: 19:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
squat toilet


Explanation:
or squatting toilet - A direct translation
See following link


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet
Akiva Brest (X)
Israel
Local time: 19:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzan Chin: Squat toilet is the correct translation or in an American slang "squatty potty".
14 mins

agree  tania nogueira
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
squat toilet or "Stand & Deliver" toilet


Explanation:
The correct English equivalent is "squat toilet" or "stand & deliver" toilet. Check out this webpage for more information. http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/שירותי בול פגיעה



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet
Jeffrey Brown
Local time: 12:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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