kanibal

From English cannibal, borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawakan language, probably Taíno.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibal

1. a cannibal

kanibal m anim

1. cannibal

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲi.bal/

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• Rhymes: -ibal
• Syllabification: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibal m pers (female equivalent kanibalka)

1. cannibal (organism which eats others of its own species)
2. cannibal (human)

   Synonyms: antropofag, ludojad, ludożerca

Any organism:

Human:

• kanibal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kanibal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /kǎnibal/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧bal

kànibal m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нибал)

1. cannibal

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal with stress shift, from older caríbal, from caribe, from Kalinago karifuna (“Island Carib person”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kaniˈbal/
    • Rhymes: -al
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkanibal/ (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -anibal
• Syllabification: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibál or kánibál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜊᜎ᜔)

1. cannibal

• “kanibal” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kanibal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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