long time no see

Etymology
. Possibly a, comparable to or  – if so, most likely US Chinatown origin, alternatively British Far East such as Hong Kong. Alternatively, native American origin, or native coinage as pidgin, particularly in cinematic portrayals of native Americans; compare language used by (1930s).

Interjection

 * 1)  I (or we) have not seen you for a long time.
 * Dave! Long time no see! How’s Boston been treating you?

Translations

 * Arabic: لَم أَرَكَ مُنْذُ وَقْت طَوِيل,  لَم أَرَكِ مُنْذُ وَقْت طَوِيل, لَم نَرَكَ مُنْذُ مُدَّة
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܢ ܟܡܐ ܥܕܢܐ ܠܐ ܝܘܚ ܚܙܝܐ ܥܘܕܠܐ
 * Belarusian: даўно́ не ба́чыліся
 * Bulgarian: откога не сме се виждали
 * Catalan: quant de temps
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 好久不見, 好耐冇見
 * Hakka: 好久冇見, 恁久無看著
 * Hokkien: 真久無看
 * Mandarin:, 很久沒見
 * Wu: 長遠勿見
 * Chinese Pidgin English: long time no see
 * Czech: dlouho jsme se neviděli
 * Danish: længe siden
 * Dutch: lang niet gezien
 * Esperanto: delonge mi ne vidis vin
 * Estonian: pole ammu näinud
 * Finnish: pitkästä aikaa
 * French: ça fait longtemps qu'on ne s'est pas vu !, ça fait longtemps, ça fait un bail !
 * Garo: nikgijaan ru·utjok
 * German: lange nicht gesehen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מזמן לא התראנו
 * Hindi: बहुत समय से देखा नहीं
 * Hungarian: ezer éve nem láttalak, ,
 * Icelandic: langt síðan við höfum sést
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: lama tidak berjumpa
 * Irish: is fada ná faca thú
 * Italian: da quanto tempo!, ne è passato di tempo
 * Jamaican Creole: long time mi nuh see yuh, mi think yuh did dead
 * Japanese:, お久しぶりです
 * Korean:,  ,
 * Kumyk: сизин гёрмегеним кёп бола
 * Lithuanian: seniai matytas,  seniai matyta,  šimtas metų!
 * Macedonian:
 * Mongolian: уулзалгүй удлаа
 * Navajo: ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ tʼáá niiłtsą́ą́ ńtʼééʼ
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål: lenge siden sist
 * Persian: مشتاق دیدار
 * Polish: dawno się nie widzieliśmy, kopę lat!
 * Portuguese: há quanto tempo
 * Russenorsk: mangoli år moja njet smotrom tvoja
 * Russian: давно́ не ви́делись, ско́лько лет, ско́лько зим
 * Scottish Gaelic: 's fhada bhon uair sin
 * Serbo-Croatian: dugo se nismo vidjeli
 * Spanish: ¡cuánto tiempo!, ¡tanto tiempo sin verte!, dichosos los ojos que te ven
 * Swedish: det var inte i går
 * Tamil: பார்த்து ரொம்ப நாளாச்சு
 * Thai: ไม่ได้พบกันนาน
 * Turkish: görüşmeyeli uzun zaman oldu
 * Ukrainian: давно́ не ба́чились
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: lâu quá không gặp, lâu rồi không gặp
 * Welsh: sut mae ers talwm
 * Yoruba: kú ọjọ́ mẹ́ta, kú àtijọ́, ó tọ́jọ́ mẹ́ta