degu

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See also: degù and degú

English

degus (Octodon degus)
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Etymology

From the Mapudungun dewü, via South American Spanish degú.

Noun

degu (plural degus)

  1. Any species of the genus Octodon, especially Octodon degus, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.
    • 2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Secret of the Singing Mice... and More!, page 37:
      Along the trails, degus leave mini-urine puddles marking the trail.
    • 2011, Elsie Jones-Smith, Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student, page 80:
      Dr. Braun used used laboratory rats called degus or brush-tail rats (Octodon degus), a species of rodent closely related to guinea pigs. [] In their natural environment, degu infants are raised jointly by their father and mother and are extremely communicative, using whistling tones to carry on intensive “conversations.”
    • 2011, Katherine Quesenberry, James W. Carpenter, Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, unnumbered page:
      Degus, or trumpet-tail rats, come from Chile. Taxonomically, they are in the same diverse order as guinea pigs and chinchillas. Degus have been used as laboratory animals for 20 years and in recent years have become popular as pets in the United States and Europe.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish degú, from Mapudungun dewü.

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Noun

degu

  1. octodontid (rodent of the Octodontidae family)
  2. degu (any species of the genus Octodon)
  3. common degu (Octodon degus)

Declension

Inflection of degu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative degu degut
genitive degun degujen
partitive degua deguja
illative deguun deguihin
singular plural
nominative degu degut
accusative nom. degu degut
gen. degun
genitive degun degujen
partitive degua deguja
inessive degussa deguissa
elative degusta deguista
illative deguun deguihin
adessive degulla deguilla
ablative degulta deguilta
allative degulle deguille
essive deguna deguina
translative deguksi deguiksi
abessive degutta deguitta
instructive deguin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of degu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deguni deguni
accusative nom. deguni deguni
gen. deguni
genitive deguni degujeni
partitive deguani degujani
inessive degussani deguissani
elative degustani deguistani
illative deguuni deguihini
adessive degullani deguillani
ablative degultani deguiltani
allative degulleni deguilleni
essive degunani deguinani
translative degukseni deguikseni
abessive deguttani deguittani
instructive
comitative deguineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative degusi degusi
accusative nom. degusi degusi
gen. degusi
genitive degusi degujesi
partitive deguasi degujasi
inessive degussasi deguissasi
elative degustasi deguistasi
illative deguusi deguihisi
adessive degullasi deguillasi
ablative degultasi deguiltasi
allative degullesi deguillesi
essive degunasi deguinasi
translative deguksesi deguiksesi
abessive deguttasi deguittasi
instructive
comitative deguinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative degumme degumme
accusative nom. degumme degumme
gen. degumme
genitive degumme degujemme
partitive deguamme degujamme
inessive degussamme deguissamme
elative degustamme deguistamme
illative deguumme deguihimme
adessive degullamme deguillamme
ablative degultamme deguiltamme
allative degullemme deguillemme
essive degunamme deguinamme
translative deguksemme deguiksemme
abessive deguttamme deguittamme
instructive
comitative deguinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative degunne degunne
accusative nom. degunne degunne
gen. degunne
genitive degunne degujenne
partitive deguanne degujanne
inessive degussanne deguissanne
elative degustanne deguistanne
illative deguunne deguihinne
adessive degullanne deguillanne
ablative degultanne deguiltanne
allative degullenne deguillenne
essive degunanne deguinanne
translative deguksenne deguiksenne
abessive deguttanne deguittanne
instructive
comitative deguinenne

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Italian

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Noun

degu m (invariable)

  1. degu

Latvian

Verb

degu

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of degt

Lithuanian

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Verb

degù

  1. first-person singular present of degti