sifaka

sifaka

English

A sifaka in Madagascar in 2005

Etymology

From Malagasy sifaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈfɑːkə/

Noun

sifaka (plural sifakas)

1. A medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, 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.

Translations

a medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus

Chinese: Mandarin: 冕狐猴 (miǎnhúhóu) Finnish: sifaka (fi) Malagasy: sifaka (mg) Portuguese: sifaca m French: sifaka (fr) m

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Finnish

Etymology

< Malagasy sifaka (“sifaka”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsifɑkɑ/, [ˈs̠ifɑkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ifɑkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): si‧fa‧ka

Noun

sifaka

1. (primates) sifaka (lemur of the genus Propithecus)

Declension

Inflection of sifaka (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
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 sifakainrare
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
instructive		—	sifakoin
abessive		sifakatta	sifakoitta
comitative		—	sifakoineen

Possessive forms of sifaka (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sifakani	sifakamme
2nd person	sifakasi	sifakanne
3rd person	sifakansa

Compounds

• diadeemisifaka
• kultakruunusifaka
• lakkisifaka

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Malagasy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsifakə̥]

Noun

sifaka

1. sifaka (Propithecus)

Descendants

• → English: sifaka