Uruguay
English edit
Etymology edit
Disputed; Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) y (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun edit
Uruguay
- A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
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Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay.
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Uruguay f (related adjective uruguayský, demonym Uruguayec)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Uruguay n
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Inflection of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Uruguay | — | ||
genitive | Uruguayn | — | ||
partitive | Uruguayta | — | ||
illative | Uruguayhin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Uruguay | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Uruguay | — | |
gen. | Uruguayn | |||
genitive | Uruguayn | — | ||
partitive | Uruguayta | — | ||
inessive | Uruguayssa | — | ||
elative | Uruguaysta | — | ||
illative | Uruguayhin | — | ||
adessive | Uruguaylla | — | ||
ablative | Uruguaylta | — | ||
allative | Uruguaylle | — | ||
essive | Uruguayna | — | ||
translative | Uruguayksi | — | ||
abessive | Uruguaytta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Further reading edit
- “Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Uruguay | — |
accusative | Uruguayt | — |
dative | Uruguaynak | — |
instrumental | Uruguayjal | — |
causal-final | Uruguayért | — |
translative | Uruguayjá | — |
terminative | Uruguayig | — |
essive-formal | Uruguayként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Uruguayban | — |
superessive | Uruguayon | — |
adessive | Uruguaynál | — |
illative | Uruguayba | — |
sublative | Uruguayra | — |
allative | Uruguayhoz | — |
elative | Uruguayból | — |
delative | Uruguayról | — |
ablative | Uruguaytól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Uruguayé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Uruguayéi | — |
Possessive forms of Uruguay | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Uruguayom | — |
2nd person sing. | Uruguayod | — |
3rd person sing. | Uruguaya | — |
1st person plural | Uruguayunk | — |
2nd person plural | Uruguayotok | — |
3rd person plural | Uruguayuk | — |
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.
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Proper noun edit
Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Uruguay m
- Obsolete spelling of Uruguai
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Disputed, either:
- Guaraní urugua y (literally “water shellfish”), from urugua (“shellfish”) + y (“water”); or
- Guaraní uru gua y (literally “type of water bird”) from uru (“type of bird”) + gua (“from”) + y (“water”).
Pronunciation edit
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Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
- Uruguay River (a major river in South America)
Usage notes edit
- The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay).
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Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Declension edit
declension of Uruguay
singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz) | |
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nominative (yalın) | Uruguay |
accusative (belirtme) | Uruguay'ı |
dative (yönelme) | Uruguay'a |
locative (bulunma) | Uruguay'da |
ablative (çıkma) | Uruguay'dan |
genitive (tamlayan) | Uruguay'ın |
possessive of Uruguay
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Uruguay'm | Uruguaylarım / Uruguay'larım |
senin (your) | Uruguay'n | Uruguayların / Uruguay'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Uruguay'sı | Uruguayları / Uruguay'ları |
bizim (our) | Uruguay'mız | Uruguaylarımız / Uruguay'larımız |
sizin (your) | Uruguay'nız | Uruguaylarınız / Uruguay'larınız |
onların (their) | Uruguay'sı / Uruguayları / Uruguay'ları | Uruguayları / Uruguay'ları |
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Venetian edit
Proper noun edit
Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl edit
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Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)