kanguru

kanguru (plural kangurus)

1. Obsolete form of kangaroo.

Borrowed from Spanish canguro, ultimately from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

• IPA^(key): /kanɡuɾu/ [kaŋ.ɡu.ɾu]

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• Rhymes: -uɾu, -u
• Hyphenation: kan‧gu‧ru

kanguru anim

1. kangaroo (marsupial)

• “kanguru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

From English kangaroo either via Dutch kangoeroe or Malay kanggaru,^[1] from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈŋuru/

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• Rhymes: -ru, -u
• Hyphenation: ka‧ngu‧ru

kanguru (plural kanguru-kanguru)

1. kangaroo

• kanggaru (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei)
• kangguru

• “kanguru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kanguru

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんぐる

From English kangaroo.

kanguru

1. kangaroo

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From Ottoman Turkish قانغوری (kanguru), from French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑŋ.ɡu.ɾʊ]

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• Hyphenation: kan‧gu‧ru

kanguru (definite accusative kanguruyu, plural kangurular)

1. kangaroo (marsupial)

• kangurugiller (“Macropodidae”)