kinkajou

English

WOTD – 19 September 2007

A kinkajou

Alternative forms

• kincajou

Etymology

From French quincajou, from an Algonquian word, probably originally meaning ‘wolverine’ (compare Algonquin Kwingwaage, Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage (“wolverine”)), which was later transferred to the South American animal. Related to carcajou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː/, /ˈkɪŋkəˌʒuː/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

kinkajou (plural kinkajous)

1. , a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.

   Synonyms: honey bear, potto

Translations

Potos flavus

• Assamese: কিংকাজো (kiṅkazü)
• Bulgarian: кинкажу n (kinkažu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜜熊 (mìxióng)

• Czech: kynkažu m
• Esperanto: kinkajuo
• Finnish: kierteishäntäkarhu, kinkaju
• French: kinkajou (fr) m
• German: Wickelbär m, Honigbär m
• Greek: κερκολήπτης m (kerkolíptis)
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• Italian: cercoletto (it)
• Korean: 킨카주 (kinkaju)
• Palantla Chinantec: hieh¹² hma²
• Portuguese: jupará
• Romanian: kinkaju m
• Russian: кинкажу́ (ru) m (kinkažú)
• Spanish: chosna f (Peru), cuchicuchi m (Venezuela), cusumbí m (Panama), cusumbo m (Ecuador), martilla (es) f (Costa Rica), martucha (es) f (Mexico), mico de noche m (Nicaragua), mico león m (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), mono michi m (Bolivia), perro de monte m (Colombia)
• Yucuna: kuʼujrí

Further reading

• kinkajou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kinkajou on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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French

Alternative forms

• quincajou (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.ka.ʒu/

Noun

kinkajou m (plural kinkajous)

1. kinkajou
2. (obsolete) wolverine