kenguru
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kenguru
- kangaroo, macropod (any of the large marsupials in the family Macropodidae, with strong hind legs for hopping, found in Australia and New Guinea)
Usage notes edit
The species belonging to the genera Dorcopsulus, Petrogale, Thylogale and Wallabia, and some individual species in the genus Macropus are called vallabi (“wallaby”) in Finnish. The usage of terms vallabi and "wallaby" is not overlapping, see usage note in the entry vallabi. Yet other species of kangaroo are called wallaroo, dorcopsis, quokka, monjon and pademelon in English.
Declension edit
Inflection of kenguru (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kenguru | kengurut | ||
genitive | kengurun | kengurujen kenguruiden kenguruitten | ||
partitive | kengurua | kenguruja kenguruita | ||
illative | kenguruun | kenguruihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kenguru | kengurut | ||
accusative | nom. | kenguru | kengurut | |
gen. | kengurun | |||
genitive | kengurun | kengurujen kenguruiden kenguruitten | ||
partitive | kengurua | kenguruja kenguruita | ||
inessive | kengurussa | kenguruissa | ||
elative | kengurusta | kenguruista | ||
illative | kenguruun | kenguruihin | ||
adessive | kengurulla | kenguruilla | ||
ablative | kengurulta | kenguruilta | ||
allative | kengurulle | kenguruille | ||
essive | kenguruna | kenguruina | ||
translative | kenguruksi | kenguruiksi | ||
abessive | kengurutta | kenguruitta | ||
instructive | — | kenguruin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- aavikkokenguru
- alankopuukenguru
- antilooppikenguru
- cooktowninpuukenguru
- harmaaisokenguru
- harmaajättikenguru
- harmaametsäkenguru
- harmaapuukenguru
- harmaaselkäkenguru
- hietikkokenguru
- isokenguru
- isopiikkikenguru
- juovakenguru
- juovametsäkenguru
- jäniskenguru
- jättikenguru
- kalliokenguru
- kannushäntäkenguru
- kenguhiiri
- kengurotta
- kenguruhoito
- kengurulauma
- kengurunnahka
- kengurunpoikanen
- kenguruntassu
- kengururotta
- kengurutasku
- lyhythäntäkenguru
- metsäkenguru
- mustajalkakenguru
- mustakenguru
- mustametsäkenguru
- myskikenguru
- nopsakenguru
- ohjaskenguru
- okrapuukenguru
- papuanmetsäkenguru
- papuanpuukenguru
- pensaskenguru
- piikkihäntäkenguru
- piikkikenguru
- pikkukenguru
- pikkupiikkikenguru
- punakaulakenguru
- punaniskakenguru
- puukenguru
- raitakenguru
- rengashäntäkalliokenguru
- rottakenguru
- ruskoisokenguru
- ruskojäniskenguru
- selkäjuovakenguru
- silmälasijäniskenguru
- tummapuukenguru
- uroskenguru
- uuden-guineanmetsäkenguru
- valkoposkikenguru
- vuorikenguru
- vuorimetsäkenguru
- vuoripuukenguru
Further reading edit
- “kenguru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kenguru (plural kenguruk)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kenguru | kenguruk |
accusative | kengurut | kengurukat |
dative | kengurunak | kenguruknak |
instrumental | kenguruval | kengurukkal |
causal-final | kenguruért | kengurukért |
translative | kenguruvá | kengurukká |
terminative | kenguruig | kengurukig |
essive-formal | kenguruként | kengurukként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kenguruban | kengurukban |
superessive | kengurun | kengurukon |
adessive | kengurunál | kenguruknál |
illative | kenguruba | kengurukba |
sublative | kengurura | kengurukra |
allative | kenguruhoz | kengurukhoz |
elative | kenguruból | kengurukból |
delative | kengururól | kengurukról |
ablative | kengurutól | kenguruktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kengurué | kenguruké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kenguruéi | kengurukéi |
Possessive forms of kenguru | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kengurum | kenguruim |
2nd person sing. | kengurud | kenguruid |
3rd person sing. | kenguruja | kengurui |
1st person plural | kengurunk | kenguruink |
2nd person plural | kengurutok | kenguruitok |
3rd person plural | kengurujuk | kenguruik |
Further reading edit
- kenguru in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Livvi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kenguru (genitive kengurun, partitive kenguruu)
Declension edit
Declension of kenguru (Type 11/lindu, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kenguru | kengurut |
genitive | kengurun | kenguruloin |
partitive | kenguruu | kenguruloi |
illative | kenguruh | kenguruloih |
inessive | kengurus | kengurulois |
elative | kenguruspäi | kenguruloispäi |
allative | kengurule | kenguruloile |
adessive | kengurul | kenguruloil |
ablative | kengurulpäi | kenguruloilpäi |
translative | kengurukse | kenguruloikse |
essive | kengurunnu | kenguruloinnu |
abessive | kenguruttah | kenguruloittah |
comitative | kengurunke | kenguruloinke |
instructive | kenguruloin | |
prolative | kenguruči |
References edit
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kenguru”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.
Noun edit
kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruer, definite plural kenguruene)
- a kangaroo (marsupial)
References edit
- “kenguru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.
Noun edit
kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruar, definite plural kenguruane)
- a kangaroo (marsupial)
References edit
- “kenguru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru, “kangaroo”).
Noun edit
kenguru ? (Cyrillic spelling кенгуру)
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kengurȗ m anim
- kangaroo (marsupial)
Inflection edit
Masculine anim., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | kengurú | ||
gen. sing. | kengurúja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kengurú | kengurúja | kengurúji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kengurúja | kengurújev | kengurújev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
kengurúju | kengurújema | kengurújem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kengurúja | kengurúja | kengurúje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kengurúju | kengurújih | kengurújih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kengurújem | kengurújema | kengurúji |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “kenguru”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Veps edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kenguru
Inflection edit
Inflection of kenguru (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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nominative sing. | kenguru | ||
genitive sing. | kengurun | ||
partitive sing. | kengurud | ||
partitive plur. | kenguruid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kenguru | kengurud | |
accusative | kengurun | kengurud | |
genitive | kengurun | kenguruiden | |
partitive | kengurud | kenguruid | |
essive-instructive | kengurun | kenguruin | |
translative | kenguruks | kenguruikš | |
inessive | kengurus | kenguruiš | |
elative | kenguruspäi | kenguruišpäi | |
illative | kenguruhu | kenguruihe | |
adessive | kengurul | kenguruil | |
ablative | kengurulpäi | kenguruilpäi | |
allative | kengurule | kenguruile | |
abessive | kenguruta | kenguruita | |
comitative | kengurunke | kenguruidenke | |
prolative | kengurudme | kenguruidme | |
approximative I | kengurunno | kenguruidenno | |
approximative II | kengurunnoks | kenguruidennoks | |
egressive | kengurunnopäi | kenguruidennopäi | |
terminative I | kenguruhusai | kenguruihesai | |
terminative II | kengurulesai | kenguruilesai | |
terminative III | kengurussai | — | |
additive I | kenguruhupäi | kenguruihepäi | |
additive II | kengurulepäi | kenguruilepäi |