kenguru
Finnish
Etymology
From English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeŋːuru/, [ˈk̟e̞ŋːuru]
- Rhymes: -eŋːuru
- Syllabification(key): ken‧gu‧ru
- Hyphenation(key): ken‧gu‧ru
Noun
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
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
| Inflection of kenguru (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- aavikkokenguru
- alankopuukenguru
- antilooppikenguru
- cooktowninpuukenguru
- harmaaisokenguru
- harmaajättikenguru
- harmaametsäkenguru
- harmaapuukenguru
- harmaaselkäkenguru
- hietikkokenguru
- isokenguru
- isopiikkikenguru
- juovakenguru
- juovametsäkenguru
- jäniskenguru
- jättikenguru
- kalliokenguru
- kaniinikenguru
- 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
- “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 2 July 2023
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛŋɡuru]
- Hyphenation: ken‧gu‧ru
- Rhymes: -ru
Noun
kenguru (plural kenguruk)
Declension
| 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 |
| 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
- kenguru in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Livvi
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeŋɡuru/
- Hyphenation: ken‧gu‧ru
- Rhymes: -eŋɡuru
Noun
kenguru (genitive kengurun, partitive kenguruu)
Declension
| Declension of kenguru (Type 11/lindu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kenguru”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.
Noun
kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruer, definite plural kenguruene)
- a kangaroo (marsupial)
References
- “kenguru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.
Noun
kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruar, definite plural kenguruane)
- a kangaroo (marsupial)
References
- “kenguru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru, “kangaroo”).
Noun
kenguru ? (Cyrillic spelling кенгуру)
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛnɡurúː/
Noun
kengurȗ m anim
- kangaroo (marsupial)
Declension
| Masculine anim., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Further reading
- “kenguru”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú).
Pronunciation
Noun
kenguru
Inflection
| Inflection of kenguru (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |