okapi

See also Okapi

English

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Etymology

okapi

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

• (SAE) IPA: /əʊˈkɑːpi/
• (UK) IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi/

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

Large ruminant mammal

• Basque: okapi (eu)
• Catalan: ocapi (ca) m, okapi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 㺢㹢狓 (fok3ga1pei4)

  Mandarin: 㺢㹢狓 (cmn) (huòjiāpí)

• Czech: okapi (cs)
• Dutch: okapi (nl) m
• Finnish: okapi (fi)
• French: okapi (fr) m

• German: Okapi (de) n
• Greek: οκαπία (el) (okapía)
• Japanese: オカピ (ja) (okapi)
• Korean: 오카피 (ko) (okapi)
• Navajo: bijáád noodǫ́ǫzii
• Polish: okapi (pl)
• Russian: окапи (ru) (okapi)
• Spanish: okapi (es) m, ocapi (es) m

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: oka‧pi

Noun

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje)

1. okapi

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Finnish

Noun

okapi

1. okapi

Declension

Declension of okapi (type risti) singular plural nominative okapi okapit genitive okapin okapien partitive okapia okapeja accusative okapi okapin okapit 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

• poika, pokia