Timbuktu
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/
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Proper noun
Timbuktu
- A city in central Mali.
- (figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
- You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.
- 1970, The Aristocats:
- Now, my little pesky pets, you're going to travel first-class in your own private compartment all the way to Timbuktu. And this time, you'll never come back.
Translations
city
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distant place
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Czech
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtimbuktu/, [ˈt̪imbukt̪u]
- Rhymes: -imbuktu
- Syllabification(key): Tim‧buk‧tu
Declension
| Inflection of Timbuktu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Timbuktu | — | |
| genitive | Timbuktun | — | |
| partitive | Timbuktua | — | |
| illative | Timbuktuun | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Timbuktu | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Timbuktu | — |
| gen. | Timbuktun | ||
| genitive | Timbuktun | — | |
| partitive | Timbuktua | — | |
| inessive | Timbuktussa | — | |
| elative | Timbuktusta | — | |
| illative | Timbuktuun | — | |
| adessive | Timbuktulla | — | |
| ablative | Timbuktulta | — | |
| allative | Timbuktulle | — | |
| essive | Timbuktuna | — | |
| translative | Timbuktuksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Timbuktutta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Timbuktu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Timbuktuni | Timbuktumme |
| 2nd person | Timbuktusi | Timbuktunne |
| 3rd person | Timbuktunsa | |
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