вувузела

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vuˈvuzɛɫa]
  • Hyphenation: ву‧ву‧зе‧ла

Noun

вуву́зела • (vuvúzelaf (plural вуву́зели)

  1. vuvuzela (trumpet-shaped horn)
  2. (figurative) vuvuzela (person spreading meaningless propaganda)

Declension

Declension of вувузела
singular plural
indefinite вувузела (vuvuzela) вувузели (vuvuzeli)
definite unspecified вувузелата (vuvuzelata) вувузелите (vuvuzelite)
definite proximal вувузелава (vuvuzelava) вувузеливе (vuvuzelive)
definite distal вувузелана (vuvuzelana) вувузелине (vuvuzeline)
vocative вувузело (vuvuzelo) вувузели (vuvuzeli)

References

  • вувузела” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʊvʊˈzʲeɫə]

Noun

вувузе́ла • (vuvuzélaf inan (genitive вувузе́лы, nominative plural вувузе́лы, genitive plural вувузе́л)

  1. vuvuzela

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋuʋuzêla/

Noun

вувузе̏ла f (Latin spelling vuvuzȅla)

  1. vuvuzela