saola

English

A saola

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese sao la, probably from Lao ເສົາຫລ (sao la, “spindle[-horned]”) or some other Tai-Kadai language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊlə/, /ˈsaʊˌlɑː/

Noun

saola (plural saolas or saola)

1. Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, a rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos.

Synonyms

• (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis): Vu Quang ox, Vu Quang bovid

Translations

ruminant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中南大羚 (zhōngnán dàlíng)

• Finnish: saola (fi)
• Japanese: サオラ (ja) (saora)
• Lao: ສັດສຸພາບ (sat su phāp) (literally "the polite animal")
• Portuguese: saola m
• Russian: са́ола, сао́ла (ru) f (sáola, saóla)
• Spanish: saola m, buey de vu quang
• Swedish: vuquangoxe c, vietnamantilop c
• Thai: ซาวลา (saola)
• Vietnamese: sao la (vi)
• White Hmong: saht-supahp (loanword from Lao)

Anagrams

• alosa, oasal