okapi

See also: Okapi

English

Etymology

the okapi

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

Noun

okapi (plural okapis)

  1. A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.
    • 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:
      I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: oka‧pi

Noun

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)

  1. okapi

Finnish

Noun

okapi

  1. okapi

Declension

Inflection of okapi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative okapi okapit
genitive okapin okapien
partitive okapia okapeja
illative okapiin okapeihin
singular plural
nominative okapi okapit
accusative nom. okapi okapit
gen. okapin
genitive okapin okapien
partitive okapia okapeja
inessive okapissa okapeissa
elative okapista okapeista
illative okapiin okapeihin
adessive okapilla okapeilla
ablative okapilta okapeilta
allative okapille okapeille
essive okapina okapeina
translative okapiksi okapeiksi
instructive — okapein
abessive okapitta okapeitta
comitative — okapeineen

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

okapi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of オカピ
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