karabina

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Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carabina.

Noun

karabina

  1. rifle
  2. firearm

References

  • Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎ (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 19
  • Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 22

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

karabina f

  1. carbine (a weapon similar to a rifle but shorter in length)
  2. carabiner (a metal link with a gate)

Declension

Further reading

  • karabina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • karabina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989