Burkina Faso
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Location of Burkina Faso
See also: Burkinafaso and Búrkína Fasó
English
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
Coordinate terms
Translations
country
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See also
- Voltaic (relative adjective)
- Ouagadougou (capital)
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
Burkina Faso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta; capital: Ouagadougou)
Derived terms
Basque
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso inan
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
Declension of Burkina Faso (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | Burkina Faso |
| ergative | Burkina Fasok |
| dative | Burkina Fasori |
| genitive | Burkina Fasoren |
| comitative | Burkina Fasorekin |
| causative | Burkina Fasorengatik |
| benefactive | Burkina Fasorentzat |
| instrumental | Burkina Fasoz |
| inessive | Burkina Fason |
| locative | Burkina Fasoko |
| allative | Burkina Fasora |
| terminative | Burkina Fasoraino |
| directive | Burkina Fasorantz |
| destinative | Burkina Fasorako |
| ablative | Burkina Fasotik |
| partitive | Burkina Fasorik |
| prolative | Burkina Fasotzat |
Derived terms
- burkinafasoar (“Burkinabe”)
Further reading
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
Catalan
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso ?
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Amecameca): Burquina Faso
Proper noun
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso n (related adjective burkinafaský)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
Declension of Burkina Faso (sg-only hard neuter)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Burkina Faso |
| genitive | Burkina Fasa |
| dative | Burkina Fasu |
| accusative | Burkina Faso |
| vocative | Burkina Faso |
| locative | Burkina Fasu |
| instrumental | Burkina Fasem |
Further reading
- “Burkina Faso”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Dutch
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso n
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Faroese
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Finnish
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
| Inflection of Burkina Faso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Burkina Faso | — | |
| genitive | Burkina Fason | — | |
| partitive | Burkina Fasoa | — | |
| illative | Burkina Fasoon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Burkina Faso | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Burkina Faso | — |
| gen. | Burkina Fason | ||
| genitive | Burkina Fason | — | |
| partitive | Burkina Fasoa | — | |
| inessive | Burkina Fasossa | — | |
| elative | Burkina Fasosta | — | |
| illative | Burkina Fasoon | — | |
| adessive | Burkina Fasolla | — | |
| ablative | Burkina Fasolta | — | |
| allative | Burkina Fasolle | — | |
| essive | Burkina Fasona | — | |
| translative | Burkina Fasoksi | — | |
| abessive | Burkina Fasotta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrikan maat; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Djibouti, Egypti, Eritrea, Etelä-Afrikka, Etelä-Sudan, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kap Verde, Kamerun, Kenia, Keski-Afrikan tasavalta, Komorit, Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta, Kongon tasavalta, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Länsi-Sahara, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Marokko, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Norsunluurannikko, Päiväntasaajan Guinea, Réunion, Ruanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé ja Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellit, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sambia, Sudan, Swazimaa, Tansania, Togo, Tšad, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Category: fi:Countries) [edit]
French
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso m
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ブルキナファソ (Burukina Faso)
Fula
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French Burkina Faso.
Proper noun
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
German
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso n (proper noun, genitive Burkina Fasos or (optionally with an article) Burkina Faso)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
Declension of Burkina Faso
See also
- (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Burkina Faso | — |
| accusative | Burkina Fasót | — |
| dative | Burkina Fasónak | — |
| instrumental | Burkina Fasóval | — |
| causal-final | Burkina Fasóért | — |
| translative | Burkina Fasóvá | — |
| terminative | Burkina Fasóig | — |
| essive-formal | Burkina Fasoként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Burkina Fasóban | — |
| superessive | Burkina Fasón | — |
| adessive | Burkina Fasónál | — |
| illative | Burkina Fasóba | — |
| sublative | Burkina Fasóra | — |
| allative | Burkina Fasóhoz | — |
| elative | Burkina Fasóból | — |
| delative | Burkina Fasóról | — |
| ablative | Burkina Fasótól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Burkina Fasóé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Burkina Fasóéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Burkina Faso | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Burkina Fasóm | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Burkina Fasód | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Burkina Fasója | — |
| 1st person plural | Burkina Fasónk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Burkina Fasótok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Burkina Fasójuk | — |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN
Interlingua
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Italian
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso m
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /burˈki.na ˈfa.so/,
Proper noun
Burkīna Fasō f sg (variously declined, genitive Burkīnae Fasōnis); first declension, third declension
- (New Latin) Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
First-declension noun with a third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Burkīna Fasō |
| genitive | Burkīnae Fasōnis |
| dative | Burkīnae Fasōnī |
| accusative | Burkīnam Fasōnem |
| ablative | Burkīnā Fasōne |
| vocative | Burkīna Fasō |
| locative | Burkīnae Fasōnī Burkīnae Fasōne |
Alternative forms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso f (related adjective burkiński)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
Declension of Burkina Faso
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Burkina Faso |
| genitive | Burkiny Faso |
| dative | Burkinie Faso |
| accusative | Burkinę Faso |
| instrumental | Burkiną Faso |
| locative | Burkinie Faso |
| vocative | Burkino Faso |
Proper noun
Burkina Faso n (indeclinable)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Derived terms
nouns
See also
- (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
- Burkina Faso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Burkina Faso in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso f (Cyrillic spelling Буркина Фасо)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Spanish
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso ?
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Derived terms
Swahili
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso n (genitive Burkina Fasos)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Related terms
- burkinsk (“Burkina Faso”, adjective)
- burkinier c (“Burkina Faso male”)
- burkinska c (“Burkina Faso female”)
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Burkina Faso | - |
| definite accusative | Burkina Faso'yu | - |
| dative | Burkina Faso'ya | - |
| locative | Burkina Faso'da | - |
| ablative | Burkina Faso'dan | - |
| genitive | Burkina Faso'nun | - |
possessive of Burkina Faso
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Burkina Faso'm | Burkina Fasolarım / Burkina Faso'larım |
| senin (your) | Burkina Faso'n | Burkina Fasoların / Burkina Faso'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Burkina Faso'su | Burkina Fasoları / Burkina Faso'ları |
| bizim (our) | Burkina Faso'muz | Burkina Fasolarımız / Burkina Faso'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Burkina Faso'nuz | Burkina Fasolarınız / Burkina Faso'larınız |
| onların (their) | Burkina Faso'su / Burkina Fasoları / Burkina Faso'ları | Burkina Fasoları / Burkina Faso'ları |
See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]