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Tapir

Via other European languages, ultimately derived from Old Tupi tapi'ira (“tapir”).

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tapirs m (1st declension)

tapir (odd-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, genus Tapirus, with a prehensile upper lip)
tapiri ir labi peldētāji ― tapirs are good swimmers

maiji medīja briežus, tapirus ar bultām un šķēpiem ― the Mayans hunted tapirs with bows and spears

Declension of tapirs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tapirs	tapiri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tapiru	tapirus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tapira	tapiru
dative (datīvs)	tapiram	tapiriem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tapiru	tapiriem
locative (lokatīvs)	tapirā	tapiros
vocative (vokatīvs)	tapir	tapiri