saola

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/[1]

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)

References

1. William G. Robichaud (20 May 1998), “Physical and Behavioral Description of a Captive Saola, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis”, in Journal of Mammalogy, volume 79, issue 2, DOI:10.2307/1382970, pages 394–405: “In pronunciation, saola has only two syllables and rhymes with the English words "now, ha."”

Anagrams

• alosa, oasal