From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language.
gorilla (plural gorillas)
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Borrowed from Dutch gorilla or English gorilla.
gorilla (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillatjie)
Borrowed from translingual Gorilla.
gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)
From English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).
gorilla
Inflection of gorilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | gorilla | gorillat | |
genitive | gorillan | gorilloiden gorilloitten gorillojen | |
partitive | gorillaa | gorilloita gorilloja | |
illative | gorillaan | gorilloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gorilla | gorillat | |
accusative | nom. | gorilla | gorillat |
gen. | gorillan | ||
genitive | gorillan | gorilloiden gorilloitten gorillojen gorillain rare | |
partitive | gorillaa | gorilloita gorilloja | |
inessive | gorillassa | gorilloissa | |
elative | gorillasta | gorilloista | |
illative | gorillaan | gorilloihin | |
adessive | gorillalla | gorilloilla | |
ablative | gorillalta | gorilloilta | |
allative | gorillalle | gorilloille | |
essive | gorillana | gorilloina | |
translative | gorillaksi | gorilloiksi | |
abessive | gorillatta | gorilloitta | |
instructive | — | gorilloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
gorilla (plural gorillák)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gorilla | gorillák |
accusative | gorillát | gorillákat |
dative | gorillának | gorilláknak |
instrumental | gorillával | gorillákkal |
causal-final | gorilláért | gorillákért |
translative | gorillává | gorillákká |
terminative | gorilláig | gorillákig |
essive-formal | gorillaként | gorillákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | gorillában | gorillákban |
superessive | gorillán | gorillákon |
adessive | gorillánál | gorilláknál |
illative | gorillába | gorillákba |
sublative | gorillára | gorillákra |
allative | gorillához | gorillákhoz |
elative | gorillából | gorillákból |
delative | gorilláról | gorillákról |
ablative | gorillától | gorilláktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
gorilláé | gorilláké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
gorilláéi | gorillákéi |
Possessive forms of gorilla | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | gorillám | gorilláim |
2nd person sing. | gorillád | gorilláid |
3rd person sing. | gorillája | gorillái |
1st person plural | gorillánk | gorilláink |
2nd person plural | gorillátok | gorilláitok |
3rd person plural | gorillájuk | gorilláik |
Borrowed from Russian горилла (gorilla).
gorilla
Declension of gorilla (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gorilla | gorillat |
genitive | gorillan | gorilloin |
partitive | gorillaa | gorilloja |
illative | gorillaa | gorilloihe |
inessive | gorillaas | gorillois |
elative | gorillast | gorilloist |
allative | gorillalle | gorilloille |
adessive | gorillaal | gorilloil |
ablative | gorillalt | gorilloilt |
translative | gorillaks | gorilloiks |
essive | gorillanna, gorillaan | gorilloinna, gorilloin |
exessive1) | gorillant | gorilloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
gorilla m (invariable)
From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).
gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)
From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).
gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)
gorilla c
Declension of gorilla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gorilla | gorillan | gorillor | gorillorna |
Genitive | gorillas | gorillans | gorillors | gorillornas |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
gorilla c (plural gorilla's)