sebra

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.bra/
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Noun

sebra (plural sebras)

  1. zebra
    Synonym: kwagga

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëpra. Cognates include Finnish seura and Estonian sõber.

Pronunciation

Noun

sebra

  1. acquaintance

Declension

Declension of sebra (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sebra sebrat
genitive sebran sebroin
partitive sebraa sebroja
illative sebraa sebroi
inessive sebraas sebrois
elative sebrast sebroist
allative sebralle sebroille
adessive sebraal sebroil
ablative sebralt sebroilt
translative sebraks sebroiks
essive sebranna, sebraan sebroinna, sebroin
exessive1) sebrant sebroint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

sebra m (definite singular sebraen, indefinite plural sebraer, definite plural sebraene)

  1. a zebra

Norwegian Nynorsk

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ein sebra

Noun

sebra m (definite singular sebraen, indefinite plural sebraer or sebraar, definite plural sebraene or sebraane)

  1. a zebra

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sebra (Cyrillic spelling себра)

  1. genitive/accusative singular of sebar

Swedish

Noun

sebra c

  1. Alternative spelling of zebra

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cebra (“zebra”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsebɾa/,
  • Hyphenation: seb‧ra

Noun

sebra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. zebra

Welsh

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Etymology

From English zebra.

Pronunciation

Noun

sebra m (plural sebras or sebraod, not mutable)

  1. zebra

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sebra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

sebra c (plural sebra's, diminutive sebrake)

  1. zebra
  2. crosswalk
    Synonym: sebrapaad

Further reading

  • “sebra”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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