jabiru

See also: Jabiru and jabirú

English

A jabiru (sense 1)

Etymology

From a Tupian term such as Old Tupi jabiru, yabi'ru, said to mean either "swollen neck" or "one that spits".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæbɪ.ɹuː/

Noun

jabiru (plural jabirus)

2. A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
4. (Australia) The black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 83:

     He's a jabiru - the only Australian stork.

Translations

Jabiru mycteria

• Arabic: جابيرو
• Bulgarian: седлоклюн щъркел m (sedlokljun štǎrkel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裸頸鸛／裸颈鹳 (luǒ jǐng guàn)

• Dutch: jabiroe (nl)
• Esperanto: jabiruo
• Finnish: jabiru (fi)
• French: jabiru (fr) m
• German: Jabiru m
• Japanese: ズグロハゲコウ (zugurohagekō)
• Nahuatl: ācacalōtl (nah)
• Navajo: tsídiidaanézí bitsiiʼ halzhínígíí
• Portuguese: jaburu (pt), jabiru, tuiuiú (pt)
• Quechua: wachapa
• Russian: яби́ру (ru) m (jabíru)
• Serbo-Croatian: žabiru
• Spanish: jabirú (es) m
• Swedish: jabirustork

Further reading

• jabiru on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jabiru mycteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Jabiru_mycteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.biˈɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.biˈɾu/ [ʒɐ.βiˈɾu]

• Hyphenation: ja‧bi‧ru

Noun

jabiru m (plural jabirus)

1. Alternative form of jaburu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jabiru.

Noun

jabiru n (plural jabiruri)

1. jabiru

Declension

Declension of jabiru

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jabiru	jabirul	(niște) jabiruri	jabirurile
genitive/dative	(unui) jabiru	jabirului	(unor) jabiruri	jabirurilor
vocative	jabirule		jabirurilor