секвоя

Bulgarian

Etymology

From the translingual taxonomical genus Sequoia, from the Cherokee name Sequoyah (ᏎᏉᏯ (sequoya)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛˈkvɔjɐ]
• Syllabification^(key): сек‧во‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): сек‧воя
• Rhymes: -ɔjɐ

Noun

секво́я • (sekvója) f

1. sequoia tree
2. (singular only) sequoia wood
3. (botany, singular only) genus Sequoia

Declension

Declension of секво́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	секво́я sekvója	секво́и sekvói
definite	секво́ята sekvójata	секво́ите sekvóite

References

• “секвоя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “секвоя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “секвоя”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 874