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Czech
Etymology
Probably coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl in the 19th century, probably inspired by skokan;[1][2] the initial k- probably according to German Känguruh.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
klokan m anim
- kangaroo
Declension
Declension of klokan (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jiří Rejzek (2007) “klokan”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
Further reading
- “klokan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “klokan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Czech klokan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klǒkan/
- Hyphenation: klo‧kan
Noun
klòkan m (Cyrillic spelling кло̀кан)
- (Croatia) kangaroo
- Synonym: kȅngūr
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Czech klokan.
Pronunciation
Noun
klọ̑kan m anim
- kangaroo
Inflection
Synonyms
Further reading
- “klokan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025