chikungunya
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”),[1] apparently referring to the arthritic effects of the disease. See -kunja, a suffix related to bending.[2] Compare Swahili kunja (“to bend, to fold”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chikungunya (uncountable)
- A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites. [from 1952][1]
- 2007, Didier Fontenille, Anna Bella Failloux, Roberto Romi, “Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?”, in Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols, editors, Emerging Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in Europe, page 169:
- 2010, Stephen A. Berger, Infectious Diseases of Zimbabwe, page 55:
- The fever of Chikungunya is characterized by a rapid rise in temperature to as high as 40 C, often accompanied by rigors, myalgia, headache, photophobia, retro-orbital pain, sore throat with objective signs of pharyngitis, nausea, and vomiting.
- 2011, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases Under the Influence of Changing Environmental Factors, page 256:
- Chikungunya infections are caused by an alphavirus from the family Togaviridae.
Translations edit
a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “chikungunya”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Pieter Jacob Kraal (2005) Universiteit Leiden, editor, A Grammar of Makonde[1], Chinnima, Tanzania, →ISBN, page 198 (book) or 212 (PDF): “-kunja ... bend.”
Further reading edit
- chikungunya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English chikungunya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chikungunya
Declension edit
Inflection of chikungunya (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | chikungunya | — | ||
genitive | chikungunyan | — | ||
partitive | chikungunyaa | — | ||
illative | chikungunyaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | chikungunya | — | ||
accusative | nom. | chikungunya | — | |
gen. | chikungunyan | |||
genitive | chikungunyan | — | ||
partitive | chikungunyaa | — | ||
inessive | chikungunyassa | — | ||
elative | chikungunyasta | — | ||
illative | chikungunyaan | — | ||
adessive | chikungunyalla | — | ||
ablative | chikungunyalta | — | ||
allative | chikungunyalle | — | ||
essive | chikungunyana | — | ||
translative | chikungunyaksi | — | ||
abessive | chikungunyatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English chikungunya.
Noun edit
chikungunya f (plural chikungunyas)
- Alternative form of chicungunha
Spanish edit
Noun edit
chikungunya m or f by sense (uncountable)