klokan

See also: Klokan

Czech

Etymology

Probably coined in the 19th century by Jan Svatopluk Presl, probably inspired by skokan;^[1]^[2] the initial k- probably according to German Känguruh.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈklokan]
Rhymes: -okan
Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun

klokan m

kangaroo

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	klokan	klokani, klokanové
genitive	klokana	klokanů
dative	klokanovi, klokanu	klokanům
accusative	klokana	klokany
vocative	klokane	klokani, klokanové
locative	klokanovi, klokanu	klokanech
instrumental	klokanem	klokany

References

1 2 klokan in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
↑ "klokan" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klǒkan/
Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun

klòkan m (Cyrillic spelling кло̀кан)

(Croatia) kangaroo

Declension

Declension of klokan

	singular	plural
nominative	klokan	klokani
genitive	klokana	klokana
dative	klokanu	klokanima
accusative	klokana	klokane
vocative	klokane	klokani
locative	klokanu	klokanima
instrumental	klokanom	klokanima

Synonyms

(kangaroo): kȅngūr

Slovene

Etymology

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklóːkan/
Tonal orthography: klọ̑kan

Noun

klókan m anim (genitive klókana, nominative plural klókani)

kangaroo

Declension

Declension of klókan (masculine anim., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	klókan	klókana	klókani
accusative	klókana	klókana	klókane
genitive	klókana	klókanov	klókanov
dative	klókanu	klókanoma	klókanom
locative	klókanu	klókanih	klókanih
instrumental	klókanom	klókanoma	klókani

Synonyms

kengurú

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