quoll

quoll

English

a tiger quoll

Etymology

From the earlier form je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr dhigul. Recorded by Banks[1] but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity.[2]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwəʊl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwoʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

quoll (plural quolls)

1. Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.

Synonyms

• native cat

Translations

carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus

Arabic: دصيور‎ Catalan: gat marsupial m Chinese: Mandarin: 袋鼬 (dàiyòu) Czech: kunovec m, šlakol m (obsolete) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: buidelmarter (nl) m Finnish: pussinäätä French: dasyure (fr) m, chat marsupial (fr) m Gamilaraay: bagandi German: Beutelmarder m Guugu Yimidhirr: dhigul Hebrew: נמיית הכיס‎ f (nemiyát hakís) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: erszényesnyest Indonesian: gumbem Italian: dasiuro m Japanese: 袋猫 (ja) (フクロネコ, fukuroneko) Korean: 쿠올 (kuol) Malay: kucing harimau Navajo: mósí bizaʼazis hólóní Polish: niełaz Portuguese: gato-marsupial m, quoll Russian: пятнистые сумчатые куницы (pjatnistyje sumčatyje kunicy) Serbo-Croatian: Latin: kvol m, tobločarska mačka f Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: pungmård c Thai: ควอล (kwɔɔl) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: mèo túi, cầy túi

See also

• bilby

References

1. Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, extended description following entry for 26 August 1770: Another was calld by the natives Je-Quoll: it is about the size and something like a polecat, of a light brown spotted with white on the back and white under the belly.
2. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, page 79-80 and 221-2.

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Verb

quoll

1. first/third-person singular preterite of quellen