koala

See also: Koala, kòala, kōʻala, and koalą

English

Koala on a branch

Etymology

From Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kō-ä'lə, IPA(key): /koʊ.ˈɑː.lə/, /kəʊ.ˈɑː.lə/, /ˈkwɑː.lə/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

koala (plural koalas)

  1. A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
    Synonyms: Phascolarctos cinereus, koala bear, (obsolete) native bear, (obsolete) native monkey, carbora

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koala/, [ko̞.a.la]
  • (file)

Noun

koala anim

  1. koala

Declension

Declension of koala (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive koala koala koalak
ergative koalak koalak koalek
dative koalari koalari koalei
genitive koalaren koalaren koalen
comitative koalarekin koalarekin koalekin
causative koalarengatik koalarengatik koalengatik
benefactive koalarentzat koalarentzat koalentzat
instrumental koalaz koalaz koalez
inessive koalarengan koalarengan koalengan
locative
allative koalarengana koalarengana koalengana
terminative koalarenganaino koalarenganaino koalenganaino
directive koalarenganantz koalarenganantz koalenganantz
destinative koalarenganako koalarenganako koalenganako
ablative koalarengandik koalarengandik koalengandik
partitive koalarik
prolative koalatzat

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug.

Noun

koala (singular definite ?, plural indefinite koala)

  1. koala
    Synonym: koalabjørn

Declension


Dutch

Etymology

From Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala m (plural koala's, diminutive koalaatje n)

  1. koala
    Synonym: koalabeer

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala.

Noun

koala

  1. koala

Finnish

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɑlɑ/, [ˈko̞ɑlɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oɑlɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala

  1. koala

Declension

Inflection of koala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative koala koalat
genitive koalan koalojen
partitive koalaa koaloja
illative koalaan koaloihin
singular plural
nominative koala koalat
accusative nom. koala koalat
gen. koalan
genitive koalan koalojen
koalainrare
partitive koalaa koaloja
inessive koalassa koaloissa
elative koalasta koaloista
illative koalaan koaloihin
adessive koalalla koaloilla
ablative koalalta koaloilta
allative koalalle koaloille
essive koalana koaloina
translative koalaksi koaloiksi
instructive koaloin
abessive koalatta koaloitta
comitative koaloineen
Possessive forms of koala (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person koalani koalamme
2nd person koalasi koalanne
3rd person koalansa
Inflection of koala (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative koala koalat
genitive koalan koaloiden
koaloitten
koalojen
partitive koalaa koaloita
koaloja
illative koalaan koaloihin
singular plural
nominative koala koalat
accusative nom. koala koalat
gen. koalan
genitive koalan koaloiden
koaloitten
koalojen
koalainrare
partitive koalaa koaloita
koaloja
inessive koalassa koaloissa
elative koalasta koaloista
illative koalaan koaloihin
adessive koalalla koaloilla
ablative koalalta koaloilta
allative koalalle koaloille
essive koalana koaloina
translative koalaksi koaloiksi
instructive koaloin
abessive koalatta koaloitta
comitative koaloineen
Possessive forms of koala (type katiska)
possessor singular plural
1st person koalani koalamme
2nd person koalasi koalanne
3rd person koalansa

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.a.la/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

koala m (plural koalas)

  1. koala

Further reading


Galician

Noun

koala m (plural koalas)

  1. koala

Hungarian

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoɒlɒ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒlɒ
  • Hyphenation: ko‧a‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

koala (plural koalák)

  1. koala

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative koala koalák
accusative koalát koalákat
dative koalának koaláknak
instrumental koalával koalákkal
causal-final koaláért koalákért
translative koalává koalákká
terminative koaláig koalákig
essive-formal koalaként koalákként
essive-modal
inessive koalában koalákban
superessive koalán koalákon
adessive koalánál koaláknál
illative koalába koalákba
sublative koalára koalákra
allative koalához koalákhoz
elative koalából koalákból
delative koaláról koalákról
ablative koalától koaláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
koaláé koaláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
koaláéi koalákéi
Possessive forms of koala
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. koalám koaláim
2nd person sing. koalád koaláid
3rd person sing. koalája koalái
1st person plural koalánk koaláink
2nd person plural koalátok koaláitok
3rd person plural koalájuk koaláik

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈala]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ala

Noun

koala (first-person possessive koalaku, second-person possessive koalamu, third-person possessive koalanya)

  1. koala: a tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

Further reading


Interlingua

Noun

koala

  1. koala

Italian

Un Koala - A koala

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈa.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: ko‧à‧la

Noun

koala m (invariable)

  1. koala

Further reading

  • koala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • koala in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • koala in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • koàla in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • koàla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Marshallese

Noun

koala

  1. koala

Polish

koala

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈa.la/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala f

  1. koala

Declension

Descendants

  • Kashubian: kòala

Further reading

  • koala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • koala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French koala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈa.la/

Noun

koala m or f (plural koala)

  1. koala
    Synonym: urs koala

Declension

  • Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈala/ [koˈa.la]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala m (plural koalas)

  1. koala

Further reading


Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

koala (n class, plural koala)

  1. koala

Swedish

Noun

koala c

  1. koala
    Synonym: koalabjörn

Declension

Declension of koala 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative koala koalan koalor koalorna
Genitive koalas koalans koalors koalornas

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English koala.

Noun

koala

  1. bandicoot

Turkish

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Noun

koala (definite accusative koalayı, plural koalalar)

  1. koala

Declension

Inflection
Nominative koala
Definite accusative koalayı
Singular Plural
Nominative koala koalalar
Definite accusative koalayı koalaları
Dative koalaya koalalara
Locative koalada koalalarda
Ablative koaladan koalalardan
Genitive koalanın koalaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular koalam koalalarım
2nd singular koalan koalaların
3rd singular koalası koalaları
1st plural koalamız koalalarımız
2nd plural koalanız koalalarınız
3rd plural koalaları koalaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular koalamı koalalarımı
2nd singular koalanı koalalarını
3rd singular koalasını koalalarını
1st plural koalamızı koalalarımızı
2nd plural koalanızı koalalarınızı
3rd plural koalalarını koalalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular koalama koalalarıma
2nd singular koalana koalalarına
3rd singular koalasına koalalarına
1st plural koalamıza koalalarımıza
2nd plural koalanıza koalalarınıza
3rd plural koalalarına koalalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular koalamda koalalarımda
2nd singular koalanda koalalarında
3rd singular koalasında koalalarında
1st plural koalamızda koalalarımızda
2nd plural koalanızda koalalarınızda
3rd plural koalalarında koalalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular koalamdan koalalarımdan
2nd singular koalandan koalalarından
3rd singular koalasından koalalarından
1st plural koalamızdan koalalarımızdan
2nd plural koalanızdan koalalarınızdan
3rd plural koalalarından koalalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular koalamın koalalarımın
2nd singular koalanın koalalarının
3rd singular koalasının koalalarının
1st plural koalamızın koalalarımızın
2nd plural koalanızın koalalarınızın
3rd plural koalalarının koalalarının

Synonyms


Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ko˧˧ ʔaː˧˧ laː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kow˧˧ ʔaː˧˧ laː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kow˧˧ ʔaː˧˧ laː˧˧]
  • Phonetic: cô a la

Noun

koala

  1. koala
    Synonyms: gấu túi, gấu túi koala
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