кенгуру

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú), from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (eastern grey kangaroo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛŋɡoro]
  • (file)

Noun

ке́нгуру • (kénguru) n

  1. kangaroo

Declension

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كەنگۋرۋ
Cyrillic кенгуру
Latin keñuru
Yañalif keꞑuru
Кенгуру

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú), from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (eastern grey kangaroo).

Noun

кенгуру • (keñuru)

  1. kangaroo

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲɪnɡʊˈru]
  • (file)

Noun

кенгуру́ • (kengurú) m anim (indeclinable)

  1. kangaroo (a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia)
  • кенгурёнок (kengurjónok)
  • кенгуриный (kengurinyj)
  • кенгуровый (kengurovyj)
  • кенгурушка (kenguruška)

Descendants

References

  1. Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кенгуру”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 120
  • кенгуру in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru, kangaroo).

Noun

кенгуру ? (Latin spelling kenguru)

  1. (Serbia, Montenegro) kangaroo

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo (possibly via French kangourou),[1] from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kenɦʊˈru]
  • (file)

Noun

кенгуру́ • (kenhurú) m animal (indeclinable, relational adjective кенгуро́вий)

  1. kangaroo (a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia)

Derived terms

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кенгуру”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 423
  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кенгуру”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

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