My Russian-speaking friends - or you know, Russian-speaking people who are reading this, I don't want to label our relationship if you're not comfortable with that - what's a cute Russian name for a tiny puppy? Like the kind of thing you'd give to the runt of the litter but also the kind of thing where you nickname a big guy Tiny or a bald guy
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If you just want straight-up little names: "Малыш" (Malish) means "little one," and "Чебурашка" (Cheburashka) is a character on a super iconic Russian cartoon everyone has seen. He is a furry animal of indeterminate species, and is friends with/rescued by a crocodile named Гена (Gena). Actually, "Крокодил Гена" probably wouldn't be a terrible name for a dog, either. I'll come back with more ideas if I think of them. Going back and forth between Russian and English on my keys is starting to make both languages look weird!
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Ah, that's so cute! I might use that! (I'm pretty sure that's how it works in Italian, too - adding "-ino" makes something small and adding "-one" makes it big, though I never spoke it fluently and it's been years since I had it in school.)
And thank you! (I forgot to say it!)
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I found a clip on YouTube of Drutten & Gena singing a song...
Sorry, you probably don't care, I was just hit with immense childhood nostalgia and had to share.
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