wallaby

wallaby

See also: Wallaby

English

Bennett's wallaby, a subspecies of the red-necked wallaby

Etymology

From Dharug wollabi (“rock wallaby”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒləbi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑləbi/

Noun

wallaby (plural wallabies)

1. Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos

Derived terms

Derived terms

• agile wallaby
• banded hare-wallaby
• black-striped wallaby
• hare-wallaby
• nail-tail wallaby
• on the wallaby
• on the wallaby track
• Parma wallaby
• pretty-faced wallaby
• red-necked wallaby
• rock wallaby/rock-wallaby
• scrub wallaby
• swamp wallaby
• tammar wallaby
• toolache wallaby
• Wallabia
• western brush wallaby

Translations

Any of several species of Marsupial

Abau: pareis Adnyamathanha: andu, unda Amurdag: malayiwar Assamese: ওৱালাবি (üalabi) Barngarla: yoombala, yooridni Bulgarian: вид дребно кенгуру (vid drebno kenguru) Catalan: ualabi m Chinese: Mandarin: 小袋鼠 (zh) (xiǎodàishǔ), 沙袋鼠 (shādàishǔ) Czech: klokan wallaby m Dyaabugay: dulbil Dharug: wollabi Dutch: wallaby (nl) m or f Dyirbal: barrgan Finnish: vallabi (fi), kenguru (fi) French: wallaby (fr) m German: Wallaby (de) n Hiri Motu: magani Irish: valbaí m Italian: wallaby m Japanese: ワラビー (ja) (warabī) Kaurna: kurnta, kunadna, wadlha Kayardild: karnjina Korean: 왈라비 (wallabi) Malay: walabi Maori: warapī Narungga: gandu Ngadjuri: wadla (scrub wallaby), gandu (rock wallaby), gunda (small wallaby) Ngarrindjeri: pargi, wargi Nukunu: kaantu Polish: walabia (pl) f Portuguese: wallaby (pt) m Russian: ва́ллаби (ru) m (vállabi) Samoan: walopi Spanish: ualabí m Tagalog: walabi Tok Pisin: magani Turkish: valabi Welsh: walabi

See also

• joey
• kangaroo
• marsupial
• boomer
• Wallabies

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French

Bennett's wallaby, a subspecies of the red-necked wallaby

Etymology

Borrowed from English wallaby; from wolabā, an Australian Aboriginal word from New South Wales.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.la.bi/

Noun

wallaby m (plural wallabys)

1. wallaby

Further reading

• “wallaby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wallaby, from Dharug wollabi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwal.la.bi/
• Rhymes: -allabi
• Hyphenation: wàl‧la‧by

Noun

wallaby m (invariable)

1. wallaby

Further reading

• wallaby in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• wallaby in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• wallaby in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• wallaby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Noun

wallaby m (plural wallabies)

1. wallaby (any of several Australian species of marsupial)