sifaka
English
A sifaka in Madagascar in 2005
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈfɑːkə/
Noun
sifaka (plural sifakas)
- A medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 258:
- Sifakas can jump about ten metres (thirty-three feet) – a little further than the human long-jump world record – which is not bad given that they are less than two foot high.
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsifɑkɑ/, [ˈs̠ifɑkɑ]
- Rhymes: -ifɑkɑ
- Syllabification(key): si‧fa‧ka
Declension
| Inflection of sifaka (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sifaka | sifakat | |
| genitive | sifakan | sifakoiden sifakoitten sifakojen | |
| partitive | sifakaa | sifakoita sifakoja | |
| illative | sifakaan | sifakoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sifaka | sifakat | |
| accusative | nom. | sifaka | sifakat |
| gen. | sifakan | ||
| genitive | sifakan | sifakoiden sifakoitten sifakojen sifakainrare | |
| partitive | sifakaa | sifakoita sifakoja | |
| inessive | sifakassa | sifakoissa | |
| elative | sifakasta | sifakoista | |
| illative | sifakaan | sifakoihin | |
| adessive | sifakalla | sifakoilla | |
| ablative | sifakalta | sifakoilta | |
| allative | sifakalle | sifakoille | |
| essive | sifakana | sifakoina | |
| translative | sifakaksi | sifakoiksi | |
| instructive | — | sifakoin | |
| abessive | sifakatta | sifakoitta | |
| comitative | — | sifakoineen | |
| Possessive forms of sifaka (type katiska) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sifakani | sifakamme |
| 2nd person | sifakasi | sifakanne |
| 3rd person | sifakansa | |
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