Burkina Faso
English

Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Burkina Faso. Formerly Upper Volta.
Coordinate terms
Translations
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See also
- Voltaic (relative adjective)
- Ouagadougou (capital)
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
Burkina Faso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Basque
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Declension
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Burkina Faso |
ergative | Burkina Fasok |
dative | Burkina Fasori |
genitive | Burkina Fasoren |
comitative | Burkina Fasorekin |
causative | Burkina Fasorengatik |
benefactive | Burkina Fasorentzat |
instrumental | Burkina Fasoz |
inessive | Burkina Fason |
locative | Burkina Fasoko |
allative | Burkina Fasora |
terminative | Burkina Fasoraino |
directive | Burkina Fasorantz |
destinative | Burkina Fasorako |
ablative | Burkina Fasotik |
partitive | Burkina Fasorik |
prolative | Burkina Fasotzat |
Derived terms
- burkina fasoar
Catalan
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Amecameca): Burquina Faso
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [burkɪna faso]
Audio (file)
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Burkina Faso |
genitive | Burkina Fasa |
dative | Burkina Fasu |
accusative | Burkina Faso |
vocative | Burkina Faso |
locative | Burkina Fasu |
instrumental | Burkina Fasem |
Related terms
Further reading
- Burkina Faso in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Dutch
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /burˌki.naː ˈfaː.soː/, [burˌki.na ˈfa.soː]
Audio (file)
Faroese
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Finnish
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈburkinɑ ˈfɑso/, [ˈburk̟inɑ̝ ˈfɑ̝s̠o̞]
Declension
Inflection of Burkina Faso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Burkina Faso | — | ||
genitive | Burkina Fason | — | ||
partitive | Burkina Fasoa | — | ||
illative | Burkina Fasoon | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Burkina Faso | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Burkina Faso | — | |
gen. | Burkina Fason | |||
genitive | Burkina Fason | — | ||
partitive | Burkina Fasoa | — | ||
inessive | Burkina Fasossa | — | ||
elative | Burkina Fasosta | — | ||
illative | Burkina Fasoon | — | ||
adessive | Burkina Fasolla | — | ||
ablative | Burkina Fasolta | — | ||
allative | Burkina Fasolle | — | ||
essive | Burkina Fasona | — | ||
translative | Burkina Fasoksi | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | Burkina Fasotta | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrikan maat; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Djibouti, Egypti, Eritrea, Etelä-Afrikka, Etelä-Sudan, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kap Verde, Kamerun, Kenia, Keski-Afrikan tasavalta, Komorit, Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta, Kongon tasavalta, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Länsi-Sahara, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Marokko, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Norsunluurannikko, Päiväntasaajan Guinea, Réunion, Ruanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé ja Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellit, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sambia, Sudan, Swazimaa, Tansania, Togo, Tšad, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Category: fi:Countries) [edit]
French
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁ.ki.na fa.so/
Audio (file)
German
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Burkina Faso n (proper noun, genitive Burkina Fasos or (optionally with an article) Burkina Faso)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈburkinɒfɒzoː]
- Rhymes: -zoː
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Burkina Faso | — |
accusative | Burkina Fasót | — |
dative | Burkina Fasónak | — |
instrumental | Burkina Fasóval | — |
causal-final | Burkina Fasóért | — |
translative | Burkina Fasóvá | — |
terminative | Burkina Fasóig | — |
essive-formal | Burkina Fasoként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Burkina Fasóban | — |
superessive | Burkina Fasón | — |
adessive | Burkina Fasónál | — |
illative | Burkina Fasóba | — |
sublative | Burkina Fasóra | — |
allative | Burkina Fasóhoz | — |
elative | Burkina Fasóból | — |
delative | Burkina Fasóról | — |
ablative | Burkina Fasótól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Burkina Fasóé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Burkina Fasóéi | — |
Possessive forms of Burkina Faso | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Burkina Fasóm | — |
2nd person sing. | Burkina Fasód | — |
3rd person sing. | Burkina Fasója | — |
1st person plural | Burkina Fasónk | — |
2nd person plural | Burkina Fasótok | — |
3rd person plural | Burkina Fasójuk | — |
Derived terms
- Burkina Fasó-i[1]
References
- Laczkó, Krisztina; Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN
Interlingua
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Italian
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /burˈkiː.na ˈfa.soː/, [bʊrˈkiːnä ˈfäs̠oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /burˈki.na ˈfa.so/, [burˈkiːnä ˈfäːs̬o]
Proper noun
Burkīna Fasō f sg (variously declined, genitive Burkīnae Fasōnis); first declension, third declension
- (New Latin) Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa)
Declension
First-declension noun with a third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Burkīna Fasō |
Genitive | Burkīnae Fasōnis |
Dative | Burkīnae Fasōnī |
Accusative | Burkīnam Fasōnem |
Ablative | Burkīnā Fasōne |
Vocative | Burkīna Fasō |
Alternative forms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Polish
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /burˈki.na ˈfa.sɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -asɔ
Declension
Derived terms
- burkiński
- Burkinka
- Burkińczyk
Further reading
- Burkina Faso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Burkina Faso in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Spanish
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buɾˌkina ˈfaso/ [buɾˌki.na ˈfa.so]
Audio (file) - Syllabification: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so
Swahili
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Turkish
Etymology
From Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Burkina Faso'm | Burkina Fasolarım / Burkina Faso'larım |
senin (your) | Burkina Faso'n | Burkina Fasoların / Burkina Faso'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Burkina Faso'su | Burkina Fasoları / Burkina Faso'ları |
bizim (our) | Burkina Faso'muz | Burkina Fasolarımız / Burkina Faso'larımız |
sizin (your) | Burkina Faso'nuz | Burkina Fasolarınız / Burkina Faso'larınız |
onların (their) | Burkina Faso'su / Burkina Fasoları / Burkina Faso'ları | Burkina Fasoları / Burkina Faso'ları |
See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]