cangaru

See also: cangarú

Scottish Gaelic
Cangaru.

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo. Compare Irish cangarú.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaŋkəɾu/
  • Hyphenation: can‧ga‧ru

Noun

cangaru m (genitive singular cangaru, plural cangaruthan)

  1. kangaroo

Declension
Declension of cangaru (type III masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative cangaru cangaruthan
Genitive cangaru changaruthan
Dative cangaru cangaruthan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) cangaru (na) cangaruthan
Genitive (an) changaru (nan) cangaruthan
Dative (an) changaru (na) cangaruthan
Vocative (a) changaru (a) changaruthan

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cangaruchangaru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Colin Mark (2003), “cangaru”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 112
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