cangaru

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See also: cangarú

Scottish Gaelic

Cangaru.

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo. Compare Irish cangarú.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaŋkəɾu/
  • Hyphenation: can‧ga‧ru

Noun

cangaru m

  1. kangaroo

Declension

Declension of cangaru (type III masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cangaru cangaruthan
genitive cangaru changaruthan
dative cangaru cangaruthan
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) cangaru (na) cangaruthan
genitive (a') changaru (nan) cangaruthan
dative (a') changaru (na) cangaruthan
vocative changaru changaruthan

Mutation

Mutation of cangaru
radical lenition
cangaru changaru

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “cangaru”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 112
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