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 • (vuvúzela) f (plural вуву́зели)

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

Declension
Declension of вувузела
singular plural
indefinite вувузела вувузели
definite unspecified вувузелата вувузелите
definite proximal вувузелава вувузеливе
definite distal вувузелана вувузелине
vocative вувузело вувузели

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 • (vuvuzéla) f inan (genitive вувузе́лы, nominative plural вувузе́лы, genitive plural вувузе́л)

  1. vuvuzela

Declension
Declension of вувузе́ла (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative вувузе́ла
vuvuzéla		 вувузе́лы
vuvuzély
genitive вувузе́лы
vuvuzély		 вувузе́л
vuvuzél
dative вувузе́ле
vuvuzéle		 вувузе́лам
vuvuzélam
accusative вувузе́лу
vuvuzélu		 вувузе́лы
vuvuzély
instrumental вувузе́лой, вувузе́лою
vuvuzéloj, vuvuzéloju		 вувузе́лами
vuvuzélami
prepositional вувузе́ле
vuvuzéle		 вувузе́лах
vuvuzélax

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
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