See also: Klokan

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Probably coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl in the 19th century, probably inspired by skokan;[1][2] the initial k- probably according to German Känguruh.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈklokan]
  • Rhymes: -okan
  • Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun edit

klokan m anim

  1. kangaroo

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "klokan" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading edit

  • klokan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • klokan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /klǒkan/
  • Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun edit

klòkan m (Cyrillic spelling кло̀кан)

  1. (Croatia) kangaroo
    Synonym: kȅngūr

Declension edit

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

klọ̑kan m anim

  1. kangaroo

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. klókan
gen. sing. klókana
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
klókan klókana klókani
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
klókana klókanov klókanov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
klókanu klókanoma klókanom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
klókana klókana klókane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
klókanu klókanih klókanih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
klókanom klókanoma klókani

Synonyms edit

Further reading edit

  • klokan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran