sifaka
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sɪˈfɑːkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]sifaka (plural sifakas)
- A medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sifaka
- (primates) sifaka (lemur of the genus Propithecus)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sifaka (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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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 sifakain rare | ||
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 | ||
abessive | sifakatta | sifakoitta | ||
instructive | — | sifakoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Malagasy
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[edit]Noun
[edit]sifaka
- sifaka (Propithecus)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: sifaka
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