קנגורו
Hebrew
Etymology
Internationalism. Borrowed from English kangaroo.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈkenɡuʁu/
Audio: (file)
Noun
קֶנְגּוּרוּ • (kénguru) m
- kangaroo (a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia)
References
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “קֶנְגּוּרוּ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 584a
- “קנגורו” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- קנגורו on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he