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klokan

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Czech

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Etymology

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Probably coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl in the 19th century, probably a portmanteau of Czech skokan (jumper) and Russian клок (klok, a tuft of hair).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈklokan]
  • Rhymes: -okan
  • Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun

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klokan m anim

  1. kangaroo

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “klokan”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968), Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  3. ^ [Hoffmanová, Eva: J. S. Presl — K. B. Presl. Praha: Melantrich, 1973. S. 106–107.]

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /klǒkan/
  • Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun

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klòkan m anim (Cyrillic spelling кло̀кан)

  1. (Croatia) kangaroo
    Synonym: kȅngūr

Declension

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Declension of klokan
singular plural
nominative klokan klokani
genitive klokana klokana
dative klokanu klokanima
accusative klokana klokane
vocative klokane klokani
locative klokanu klokanima
instrumental klokanom klokanima

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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klọ̑kan m anim

  1. kangaroo

Declension

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Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. klókan
gen. sing. klókana
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
klókan klókana klókani
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
klókana klókanov klókanov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
klókanu klókanoma klókanom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
klókana klókana klókane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
klókanu klókanih klókanih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
klókanom klókanoma klókani

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • klokan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026