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Etymology [edit]
From Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru, recorded by James Cook and others in 1770 at Endeavour River; in English, applied to the whole family of macropods, apparently from not realizing the Guugu Yimidhirr word referred to just one species.
In 1820 Phillip King visited the area and could not confirm Cook’s record; some then suggested that Cook and Banks had erred. This is apparently the basis for the long-standing myth that Cook is supposed to have asked a native “What is that?” to which the reply “kangaroo”, supposedly meaning “I don’t know”, was given. Though amusing, this is not the case. John Haviland studied Guugu Yimidhirr extensively in 1972, confirming gangurru and concluding King had been told minha.1
Pronunciation [edit]
kangaroo (plural kangaroos)
- A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.
- 1770: Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru ... — James Cook, Captain Cook’s Journal During the First Voyage Round the World, description of Endeavour River, at 4 August 1770 [1]
- (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
marsupial
- Albanian: kangur (sq)
- Arabic: كنغر (ar) (kánġar) m
- Armenian: կենգուրու (hy) (kenguru), ագեվազ (hy) (agevaz)
- Asturian: canguru (ast) m
- Basque: kanguru (eu)
- Belarusian: кенгуру (be) (kenhurú) m
- Bulgarian: кенгуру (bg) ('kenguru) m
- Catalan: cangur (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᎤᏜᏩᏓ (chr) (udlawada), ᏗᎵᏔᏕᎩ ᏥᏍᏕᏥᏳᏍᏗ (chr) (dilitadegi jisdejiyusdi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 袋鼠 (cmn) (dàishǔ)
- Czech: klokan (cs) m
- Danish: kænguru (da)
- Darkinjung: wallumbang
- Dutch: kangoeroe (nl) m
- Eastern Arrernte: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: (♂♀) kanguruo (eo), (♂) virkanguruo (eo), (♀) kanguruino (eo), (♂♀ offspring) kanguruido (eo), (collective ♂♀) kanguruaro (eo), (diminutive ♂♀) kangurueto (eo), (augmentative ♂♀) kanguruego (eo)
- Estonian: känguru (et)
- Finnish: kenguru (fi)
- French: kangourou (fr) m
- Galician: canguro (gl) m
- Georgian: კენგურუ (ka) (kenguru)
- German: Känguru (de) n
- Greek: καγκουρό (el) (kangouró) n
- Haitian Creole: kangourou
- Hebrew: קֶנְגּוּרוּ (he) (kenguru) m, קֶנְגּוּרוּאִים (he) (kenguruim) m pl
- Hindi: कंगारू (hi) (kãṅgārū) m
- Hungarian: kenguru (hu)
- Icelandic: kengúra (is) f
- Ido: (♂♀) kanguruo (io), (♂) kanguruulo (io), (♀) kanguruino (io), (♂♀ offspring) kanguruyuno (io), (♂ offspring) kanguruyunulo (io), (♀ offspring) kanguruyunino (io)
- Indonesian: kanguru (id)
- Interlingua: kanguru (ia)
- Interlingue: cangurú (ie)
- Irish: cangarú (ga) m
- Italian: canguro (it) m
- Japanese: カンガルー (ja) (kangarū)
- Javanese: kanguru (jv)
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- Jèrriais: kangarou m
- Kala Lagaw Ya: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 캥거루 (ko) (kaenggeoru)
- Kriol: keingurru
- Kyrgyz: кенгуру (ky) (kengurú) m (indeclinable)
- Latin: halmaturus (la) m
- Lithuanian: kengūra (lt) f
- Macedonian: кенгур (mk) (kéngur) m
- Malay: kanggaru (ms)
- Maltese: kangarù (mt) m
- Manx: kangaroo (gv) m
- Maori: kāngarū (mi)
- Navajo: nahatʼeʼiitsoh
- Norwegian: kenguru (no) m
- Persian: کانگورو (fa)
- Pitjantjatjara: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: kangur (pl) m, kangurzyca (pl) f
- Portuguese: canguru (pt) m
- Romanian: cangur (ro) m, cangură (ro) f
- Russian: кенгуру (ru) (kengurú) m (indeclinable)
- Scottish Gaelic: cangaru (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кенгур (sh) m, клокан (sh) m
- Roman: kengur (sh) m, klokan (sh) m
- Slovak: klokan (sk) m
- Slovene: kenguru (sl) m, klokan (sl) m
- Spanish: canguro (es) m
- Swahili: kangaroo (sw)
- Swedish: känguru (sv) c
- Tamil: கங்காரு (ta) (kaṅkāru)
- Thai: จิงโจ้ (th) (jing-jôh)
- Tiwi: please add this translation if you can
- Torres Strait Creole: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: kanguru (tr)
- Ukrainian: кенгуру (uk) (kenhurú) m
- Vietnamese: canguru (vi), kangaroo (vi), chuột túi (vi)
- Volapük: (♂♀) kangur (vo), (♂) hikangur (vo), (♀) jikangur (vo), (♂♀ offspring), (♂ offspring) hikangurül (vo), (♀ offspring) jikangurül (vo), (collective ♂♀) kangurem (vo), (collective ♂♀ offspring) kangurülem (vo), (diminutive ♂♀) kanguril (vo), (augmentative ♂♀) lekangur (vo)
- Warlpiri: please add this translation if you can
- West Frisian: kangoeroe (fy) m
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References [edit]
- R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3
- “kangaroo” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
See also [edit]
kangaroo (third-person singular simple present kangaroos, present participle kangarooing, simple past and past participle kangarooed)
- To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
- To hunt kangaroo.
Etymology [edit]
From English kangaroo.
kangaroo m (genitive kangaroo, plural kangarooghyn)
- kangaroo
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