kapibara

See also: kapibarā, kapibarą, and kapibarã

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		капибара
Abjad		کاپیبارا

Noun

kapibara (definite accusative kapibaranı, plural kapibaralar)

1. capybara

Indonesian

Noun

kapibara (first-person possessive kapibaraku, second-person possessive kapibaramu, third-person possessive kapibaranya)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Kashubian

Kapibara.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kapibara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.piˈba.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

Noun

kapibara f

1. capybara (rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus)

References

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kapibara”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately derived from Old Tupi kapibara (“slender grass/leaf eater”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kapibaɾa]

• Audio (Riga):

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Noun

kapibara f (4th declension)

1. capybara (large South American rodent, especially Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

   kapibarai ir vairākas īpašības, kas piemērotas dzīvei ūdenī ― the capybara has many properties suitable for life in water

   kapibaru barā parasti ir 10-20 indivīdu ― in a capybara herd there usually are 10-20 individuals

Declension

Declension of kapibara (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kapibara	kapibaras
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kapibaru	kapibaras
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kapibaras	kapibaru
dative (datīvs)	kapibarai	kapibarām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kapibaru	kapibarām
locative (lokatīvs)	kapibarā	kapibarās
vocative (vokatīvs)	kapibara	kapibaras

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.piˈβ̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

Noun

kapibara (unpossessable)

1. Alternative form of kapi'iûara

References

• Hans Staden (1557) chapter XXX, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America], volume 2 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Catiuare [Kapibara]”
• Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter CI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 250: “capibaras [kapibara]”
• Antonie Knivet (1591) “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet, which went with Maſter Thomas Candish in his ſecond voyage to the South Sea”, in Samuel Purchas, editor, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VI, chapter VII § V (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1242: “Capiuaras [Kapibara]”
• Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VI, chapter VII (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 230: “Capybara [Kapibara]”

Polish

kapibara

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.piˈba.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

Noun

kapibara f

1. capybara

Declension

Declension of kapibara

	singular	plural
nominative	kapibara	kapibary
genitive	kapibary	kapibar
dative	kapibarze	kapibarom
accusative	kapibarę	kapibary
instrumental	kapibarą	kapibarami
locative	kapibarze	kapibarach
vocative	kapibaro	kapibary

Descendants

• → Kashubian: kapibara

Further reading

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

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapibàːra/

Noun

kapibára f

1. capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kapibara
gen. sing.	kapibare
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kapibara	kapibari	kapibare
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kapibare	kapibar	kapibar
dative (dajȃlnik)	kapibari	kapibarama	kapibaram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kapibaro	kapibari	kapibare
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kapibari	kapibarah	kapibarah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kapibaro	kapibarama	kapibarami

Further reading

• “kapibara”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapibaɾa/
• Rhymes: -ɾa
• Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

Noun

kapibara (definite accusative kapibarayı, plural kapibaralar)

1. capybara

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kapibara
Definite accusative	kapibarayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kapibara	kapibaralar
Definite accusative	kapibarayı	kapibaraları
Dative	kapibaraya	kapibaralara
Locative	kapibarada	kapibaralarda
Ablative	kapibaradan	kapibaralardan
Genitive	kapibaranın	kapibaraların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kapibaram kapibaralarım 2nd singular kapibaran kapibaraların 3rd singular kapibarası kapibaraları 1st plural kapibaramız kapibaralarımız 2nd plural kapibaranız kapibaralarınız 3rd plural kapibaraları kapibaraları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kapibaramı kapibaralarımı 2nd singular kapibaranı kapibaralarını 3rd singular kapibarasını kapibaralarını 1st plural kapibaramızı kapibaralarımızı 2nd plural kapibaranızı kapibaralarınızı 3rd plural kapibaralarını kapibaralarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kapibarama kapibaralarıma 2nd singular kapibarana kapibaralarına 3rd singular kapibarasına kapibaralarına 1st plural kapibaramıza kapibaralarımıza 2nd plural kapibaranıza kapibaralarınıza 3rd plural kapibaralarına kapibaralarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kapibaramda kapibaralarımda 2nd singular kapibaranda kapibaralarında 3rd singular kapibarasında kapibaralarında 1st plural kapibaramızda kapibaralarımızda 2nd plural kapibaranızda kapibaralarınızda 3rd plural kapibaralarında kapibaralarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kapibaramdan kapibaralarımdan 2nd singular kapibarandan kapibaralarından 3rd singular kapibarasından kapibaralarından 1st plural kapibaramızdan kapibaralarımızdan 2nd plural kapibaranızdan kapibaralarınızdan 3rd plural kapibaralarından kapibaralarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kapibaramın kapibaralarımın 2nd singular kapibaranın kapibaralarının 3rd singular kapibarasının kapibaralarının 1st plural kapibaramızın kapibaralarımızın 2nd plural kapibaranızın kapibaralarınızın 3rd plural kapibaralarının kapibaralarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kapibarayım kapibaralarım 2nd singular kapibarasın kapibaralarsın 3rd singular kapibara kapibaradır kapibaralar kapibaralardır 1st plural kapibarayız kapibaralarız 2nd plural kapibarasınız kapibaralarsınız 3rd plural kapibaralar kapibaralardır