Kiribati
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Kiribátì
See also: kiribatí
English
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Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati, from English Gilberts adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics, a shortening of Gilbert Islands. First entry in the Dictionnaire gilbertin-français of Ernest Sabatier (1954).
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɪrəbɑːti/, /ˈkɪrəbæs/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.ɹɪ.bæs/, /kiː.ɹɪˈbæs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑ.ti/
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Proper noun
Kiribati
- A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
- The Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati.
Synonyms
- (language): Gilbertese
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: キリバス (Kiribasu)
Translations
Republic of Kiribati
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language — see Gilbertese
See also
- (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
- South Tarawa
- Countries of the world
Further reading
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; capital: Suid-Tarawa)
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Kiribati.
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatský, demonym Kiribaťan)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Further reading
- “Kiribati”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Estonian
Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati (genitive Kiribati, partitive Kiribatit)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
| Declension of Kiribati (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kiribati | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Kiribati | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Kiribatit | — | |
| illative | Kiribatti Kiribatisse |
— | |
| inessive | Kiribatis | — | |
| elative | Kiribatist | — | |
| allative | Kiribatile | — | |
| adessive | Kiribatil | — | |
| ablative | Kiribatilt | — | |
| translative | Kiribatiks | — | |
| terminative | Kiribatini | — | |
| essive | Kiribatina | — | |
| abessive | Kiribatita | — | |
| comitative | Kiribatiga | — | |
Derived terms
References
Faroese
Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Finnish
Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
| Inflection of Kiribati (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kiribati | — | |
| genitive | Kiribatin | — | |
| partitive | Kiribatia | — | |
| illative | Kiribatiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kiribati | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kiribati | — |
| gen. | Kiribatin | ||
| genitive | Kiribatin | — | |
| partitive | Kiribatia | — | |
| inessive | Kiribatissa | — | |
| elative | Kiribatista | — | |
| illative | Kiribatiin | — | |
| adessive | Kiribatilla | — | |
| ablative | Kiribatilta | — | |
| allative | Kiribatille | — | |
| essive | Kiribatina | — | |
| translative | Kiribatiksi | — | |
| abessive | Kiribatitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati f pl (plural only)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Usage notes
Although many scholarly resources argue that this is a feminine plural noun, popular usage often refers to this noun in the masculine singular.
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati n (proper noun, genitive Kiribatis or (optionally with an article) Kiribati)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
Declension of Kiribati
Derived terms
Gilbertese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Gilberts, a shortened name of the Gilbert Islands, adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
i-Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; official name: Kiribati Köztársaság)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Kiribati | — |
| accusative | Kiribatit | — |
| dative | Kiribatinak | — |
| instrumental | Kiribatival | — |
| causal-final | Kiribatiért | — |
| translative | Kiribativá | — |
| terminative | Kiribatiig | — |
| essive-formal | Kiribatiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Kiribatiban | — |
| superessive | Kiribatin | — |
| adessive | Kiribatinál | — |
| illative | Kiribatiba | — |
| sublative | Kiribatira | — |
| allative | Kiribatihoz | — |
| elative | Kiribatiból | — |
| delative | Kiribatiról | — |
| ablative | Kiribatitól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Kiribatié | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Kiribatiéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Kiribati | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Kiribatim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Kiribatid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Kiribatija | — |
| 1st person plural | Kiribatink | — |
| 2nd person plural | Kiribatitok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Kiribatijuk | — |
Derived terms
- kiribati (“Kiribatian”)
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati f pl (plural only)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
See also
References
- ^ Kiribati in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Gilbertese Kiribati.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatyjski or kiribacki)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
nouns
See also
- (countries of Oceania) kraje Oceanii; Australia, Fidżi, Kiribati, Mikronezja, Nauru, Niue, Nowa Zelandia, Palau, Papua-Nowa Gwinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu/Tuwalu, Vanuatu, Wyspy Cooka, Wyspy Marshalla, Wyspy Salomona
Further reading
- Kiribati in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati m
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribati ?
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati n (genitive Kiribatis)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
References
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kiribati |
| accusative | Kiribati'yi |
| dative | Kiribati'ye |
| locative | Kiribati'de |
| ablative | Kiribati'den |
| genitive | Kiribati'nin |
Possession of Kiribati
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Kiribati'm | Kiribatilerim / Kiribati'lerim |
| senin (your) | Kiribati'n | Kiribatilerin / Kiribati'lerin |
| onun (his/her/its) | Kiribati'si | Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri |
| bizim (our) | Kiribati'miz | Kiribatilerimiz / Kiribati'lerimiz |
| sizin (your) | Kiribati'niz | Kiribatileriniz / Kiribati'leriniz |
| onların (their) | Kiribati'si / Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri | Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri |
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda
Turkmen
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Yoruba
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kiribati.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiribátì
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)