sebra

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (wild ass), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (wild horse).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.bra/
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Noun

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sebra (plural sebras)

  1. zebra
    Synonym: kwagga

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sëpra. Cognates include Finnish seura and Estonian sõber.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sebra

  1. acquaintance

Declension

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Declension of sebra (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sebra sebrat
genitive sebran sebroin
partitive sebraa sebroja
illative sebraa sebroi
inessive sebraas sebrois
elative sebrast sebroist
allative sebralle sebroille
adessive sebraal sebroil
ablative sebralt sebroilt
translative sebraks sebroiks
essive sebranna, sebraan sebroinna, sebroin
exessive1) sebrant sebroint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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sebra m (definite singular sebraen, indefinite plural sebraer, definite plural sebraene)

  1. a zebra

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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ein sebra

Noun

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sebra m (definite singular sebraen, indefinite plural sebraer or sebraar, definite plural sebraene or sebraane)

  1. a zebra

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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sebra (Cyrillic spelling себра)

  1. genitive/accusative singular of sebar

Swedish

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Noun

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sebra c

  1. Alternative spelling of zebra

Anagrams

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish cebra (zebra).

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Noun

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sebra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. zebra

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

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From English zebra.

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Noun

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sebra m (plural sebras or sebraod, not mutable)

  1. zebra

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sebra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (wild ass), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (wild horse).

Noun

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sebra c (plural sebra's, diminutive sebrake)

  1. zebra
  2. crosswalk
    Synonym: sebrapaad

Further reading

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  • sebra”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011