kenguru
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Kenguru.
kenguru
Finnish
Etymology
From English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation
Noun
kenguru
- kangaroo, macropod (any of the large marsupials in the family Macropodidae, with strong hind legs for hopping, found in Australia and New Guinea)
Usage notes
The species belonging to the genera Dorcopsulus, Petrogale, Thylogale and Wallabia, and some individual species in the genus Macropus are called vallabi (“wallaby”) in Finnish. The usage of terms vallabi and "wallaby" is not overlapping, see usage note in the entry vallabi. Yet other species of kangaroo are called wallaroo, dorcopsis, quokka, monjon and pademelon in English.
Declension
| Inflection of kenguru (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kenguru | kengurut | |
| genitive | kengurun | kengurujen kenguruiden kenguruitten | |
| partitive | kengurua | kenguruja kenguruita | |
| illative | kenguruun | kenguruihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kenguru | kengurut | |
| accusative | nom. | kenguru | kengurut |
| gen. | kengurun | ||
| genitive | kengurun | kengurujen kenguruiden kenguruitten | |
| partitive | kengurua | kenguruja kenguruita | |
| inessive | kengurussa | kenguruissa | |
| elative | kengurusta | kenguruista | |
| illative | kenguruun | kenguruihin | |
| adessive | kengurulla | kenguruilla | |
| ablative | kengurulta | kenguruilta | |
| allative | kengurulle | kenguruille | |
| essive | kenguruna | kenguruina | |
| translative | kenguruksi | kenguruiksi | |
| abessive | kengurutta | kenguruitta | |
| instructive | — | kenguruin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- aavikkokenguru
- alankopuukenguru
- antilooppikenguru
- cooktowninpuukenguru
- harmaaisokenguru
- harmaajättikenguru
- harmaametsäkenguru
- harmaapuukenguru
- harmaaselkäkenguru
- hietikkokenguru
- isokenguru
- isopiikkikenguru
- juovakenguru
- juovametsäkenguru
- jäniskenguru
- jättikenguru
- kalliokenguru
- kannushäntäkenguru
- kenguhiiri
- kengurotta
- kenguruhoito
- kengurulauma
- kengurunnahka
- kengurunpoikanen
- kenguruntassu
- kengururotta
- kengurutasku
- lyhythäntäkenguru
- metsäkenguru
- mustajalkakenguru
- mustakenguru
- mustametsäkenguru
- myskikenguru
- nopsakenguru
- ohjaskenguru
- okrapuukenguru
- papuanmetsäkenguru
- papuanpuukenguru
- pensaskenguru
- piikkihäntäkenguru
- piikkikenguru
- pikkukenguru
- pikkupiikkikenguru
- punakaulakenguru
- punaniskakenguru
- puukenguru
- raitakenguru
- rengashäntäkalliokenguru
- rottakenguru
- ruskoisokenguru
- ruskojäniskenguru
- selkäjuovakenguru
- silmälasijäniskenguru
- tummapuukenguru
- uroskenguru
- uuden-guineanmetsäkenguru
- valkoposkikenguru
- vuorikenguru
- vuorimetsäkenguru
- vuoripuukenguru
Further reading
- “kenguru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
kenguru (plural kenguruk)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kenguru | kenguruk |
| accusative | kengurut | kengurukat |
| dative | kengurunak | kenguruknak |
| instrumental | kenguruval | kengurukkal |
| causal-final | kenguruért | kengurukért |
| translative | kenguruvá | kengurukká |
| terminative | kenguruig | kengurukig |
| essive-formal | kenguruként | kengurukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kenguruban | kengurukban |
| superessive | kengurun | kengurukon |
| adessive | kengurunál | kenguruknál |
| illative | kenguruba | kengurukba |
| sublative | kengurura | kengurukra |
| allative | kenguruhoz | kengurukhoz |
| elative | kenguruból | kengurukból |
| delative | kengururól | kengurukról |
| ablative | kengurutól | kenguruktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kengurué | kenguruké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kenguruéi | kengurukéi |
| Possessive forms of kenguru | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kengurum | kenguruim |
| 2nd person sing. | kengurud | kenguruid |
| 3rd person sing. | kenguruja | kengurui |
| 1st person plural | kengurunk | kenguruink |
| 2nd person plural | kengurutok | kenguruitok |
| 3rd person plural | kengurujuk | kenguruik |
Further reading
- kenguru in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Livvi
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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru).
Pronunciation
Noun
kenguru (genitive kengurun, partitive kenguruu)
Declension
| Declension of kenguru (Type 11/lindu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kenguru | kengurut |
| genitive | kengurun | kenguruloin |
| partitive | kenguruu | kenguruloi |
| illative | kenguruh | kenguruloih |
| inessive | kengurus | kengurulois |
| elative | kenguruspäi | kenguruloispäi |
| allative | kengurule | kenguruloile |
| adessive | kengurul | kenguruloil |
| ablative | kengurulpäi | kenguruloilpäi |
| translative | kengurukse | kenguruloikse |
| essive | kengurunnu | kenguruloinnu |
| abessive | kenguruttah | kenguruloittah |
| comitative | kengurunke | kenguruloinke |
| instructive | kenguruloin | |
| prolative | kenguruči | |
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kenguru”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.
Noun
kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruer, definite plural kenguruene)
- a kangaroo (marsupial)
References
- “kenguru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.
Noun
kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruar, definite plural kenguruane)
- a kangaroo (marsupial)
References
- “kenguru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru, “kangaroo”).
Noun
kenguru ? (Cyrillic spelling кенгуру)
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
kengurȗ m anim
- kangaroo (marsupial)
Inflection
 |
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | kengurú | ||
| gen. sing. | kengurúja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kengurú | kengurúja | kengurúji |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kengurúja | kengurújev | kengurújev |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
kengurúju | kengurújema | kengurújem |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kengurúja | kengurúja | kengurúje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kengurúju | kengurújih | kengurújih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kengurújem | kengurújema | kengurúji |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “kenguru”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú).
Pronunciation
Noun
kenguru
Inflection
| Inflection of kenguru (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | kenguru | ||
| genitive sing. | kengurun | ||
| partitive sing. | kengurud | ||
| partitive plur. | kenguruid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kenguru | kengurud | |
| accusative | kengurun | kengurud | |
| genitive | kengurun | kenguruiden | |
| partitive | kengurud | kenguruid | |
| essive-instructive | kengurun | kenguruin | |
| translative | kenguruks | kenguruikš | |
| inessive | kengurus | kenguruiš | |
| elative | kenguruspäi | kenguruišpäi | |
| illative | kenguruhu | kenguruihe | |
| adessive | kengurul | kenguruil | |
| ablative | kengurulpäi | kenguruilpäi | |
| allative | kengurule | kenguruile | |
| abessive | kenguruta | kenguruita | |
| comitative | kengurunke | kenguruidenke | |
| prolative | kengurudme | kenguruidme | |
| approximative I | kengurunno | kenguruidenno | |
| approximative II | kengurunnoks | kenguruidennoks | |
| egressive | kengurunnopäi | kenguruidennopäi | |
| terminative I | kenguruhusai | kenguruihesai | |
| terminative II | kengurulesai | kenguruilesai | |
| terminative III | kengurussai | — | |
| additive I | kenguruhupäi | kenguruihepäi | |
| additive II | kengurulepäi | kenguruilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “кенгуру”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika