jabiru

jabiru

See also: Jabiru and jabirú

English

Jabiru

Etymology

From a Tupian term such as Old Tupi jabiru, yabi'ru,[1] said to mean either "swollen neck"[2] or "one that spits".[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæbɪ.ɹuː/

Noun

jabiru (plural jabirus)

1. A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
2. (Australia) The black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 83:

     He's a jabiru - the only Australian stork.

Translations

Jabiru mycteria

Arabic: جابيرو‎ Bulgarian: седлоклюн щъркел m (sedlokljun štǎrkel) Chinese: Mandarin: 裸頸鸛／裸颈鹳 (luǒ jǐng guàn) Dutch: jabiroe (nl) Esperanto: jabiruo Finnish: jabiru (fi) French: jabiru (fr) m German: Jabiru m Japanese: ズグロハゲコウ (zugurohagekō) Nahuatl: ācacalōtl (nah) Navajo: tsídiidaanézí bitsiiʼ halzhínígíí Portuguese: jaburu (pt), jabiru, tuiuiú (pt) Quechua: wachapa Russian: яби́ру (ru) m (jabíru) Serbo-Croatian: žabiru Spanish: jabirú (es) m Swedish: jabirustork

References

1. A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986), page 977
2. Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary →ISBN, 2001), page 768
3. Webster's II New College Dictionary (2005)

Further reading

• jabiru on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jabiru mycteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Jabiru_mycteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Portuguese

Noun

jabiru m (plural jabirus)

1. Alternative form of jaburu

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Romanian

Etymology

From French jabiru.

Noun

jabiru n (plural jabiruri)

1. jabiru

Declension

Declension of jabiru

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jabiru	jabirul	(niște) jabiruri	jabirurile
genitive/dative	(unui) jabiru	jabirului	(unor) jabiruri	jabirurilor
vocative	jabirule		jabirurilor