jirafa
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /xiɾafa/, [xi.ɾa.fa]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /jiɾafa/, [ji.ɾa.fa]
Audio (file)
Noun
jirafa anim
- giraffe
Declension
| Declension of jirafa (animate, ending in -a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | jirafa | jirafa | jirafak |
| ergative | jirafak | jirafak | jirafek |
| dative | jirafari | jirafari | jirafei |
| genitive | jirafaren | jirafaren | jirafen |
| comitative | jirafarekin | jirafarekin | jirafekin |
| causative | jirafarengatik | jirafarengatik | jirafengatik |
| benefactive | jirafarentzat | jirafarentzat | jirafentzat |
| instrumental | jirafaz | jirafaz | jirafez |
| inessive | jirafarengan | jirafarengan | jirafengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | jirafarengana | jirafarengana | jirafengana |
| terminative | jirafarenganaino | jirafarenganaino | jirafenganaino |
| directive | jirafarenganantz | jirafarenganantz | jirafenganantz |
| destinative | jirafarenganako | jirafarenganako | jirafenganako |
| ablative | jirafarengandik | jirafarengandik | jirafengandik |
| partitive | jirafarik | — | — |
| prolative | jirafatzat | — | — |
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
From Spanish jirafa.
Noun
jirafa
- giraffe.
Spanish
Etymology
From Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiˈɾafa/ [xiˈɾa.fa]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -afa
- Syllabification: ji‧ra‧fa
Noun
jirafa f (plural jirafas)
- giraffe
- Synonym: (obsolete) azorafa
- boom microphone
Derived terms
- mujer jirafa
Descendants
- → Basque: jirafa
- → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa
Further reading
- “jirafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Uzbek
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | жирафа (jirafa) |
| Latin | jirafa |
| Perso-Arabic | |
Noun
jirafa (plural jirafalar)
- giraffe