klokan

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Czech

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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

  1. kangaroo

Declension

Declension of klokan (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative klokan klokani
genitive klokana klokanů
dative klokanovi, klokanu klokanům
accusative klokana klokany
vocative klokane klokani
locative klokanovi, klokanu klokanech
instrumental klokanem klokany

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jiří Rejzek (2007) “klokan”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (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)

  1. (Croatia) kangaroo
    Synonym: kȅngūr

Declension

Declension of klokan
singular plural
nominative klokan klokani
genitive klokana klokana
dative klokanu klokanima
accusative klokana klokane
vocative klokane klokani
locative klokanu klokanima
instrumental klokanom klokanima

Slovene

Etymology

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

Noun

klọ̑kan m anim

  1. kangaroo

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., hard o-stem
nom. sing. klókan
gen. sing. klókana
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		klókan klókana klókani
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		klókana klókanov klókanov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		klókanu klókanoma klókanom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		klókana klókana klókane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		klókanu klókanih klókanih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		klókanom klókanoma klókani

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “klokan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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