klipspringer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans klipspringer, from Dutch klipspringer, both literally meaning "rock-jumper".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/

Noun

klipspringer (plural klipspringers)

a klipspringer

1. A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

Translations

Oreotragus oreotragus

• Afrikaans: klipspringer (af)
• Amharic: ሰስ (säs)
• Bulgarian: клипшпрингер m (klipšpringer)
• Catalan: antílop salta-roques m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山羚 (shānlíng)

• Czech: skálolez skákavý m
• Danish: klippespringer c
• Dutch: klipspringer (nl) m
• Finnish: kalliohyppijä
• French: oréotrague (fr) f, sassa (fr) f
• Georgian: კლიპშპრინგერი (ḳliṗšṗringeri)
• German: Klippspringer m
• Hadza: qqamâkho
• Hebrew: צְבִי הסְלָעִים m (ts'ví sélaím)
• Hungarian: sziklaugró antilop, szassza
• Italian: saltarupe m, oreotrago m
• Japanese: クリップスプリンガー (kurippusupuringā)
• Kazakh: секіргіш киік (sekırgış kiık)
• Korean: 바위타기영양 (bawitagiyeong'yang)
• Kyrgyz: түйүлчөк жейрен (tüyülcök jeyren)
• Lithuanian: antilopė šoklė f
• Polish: koziołek skalny m
• Portuguese: cabrito-das-pedras m, conca (pt) f
• Romanian: antilopă-de-munte f
• Russian: антило́па-прыгу́н (ru) m (antilópa-prygún), клиппшпрингер m (klippšpringer)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антѝлопа камѐњарка f

  Roman: antìlopa kamènjarka f

• Shona: ngururu
• Spanish: saltarrocas m
• Swahili: mbuzi mawe, ngurunguru
• Swedish: klippspringare c
• Tagalog: saltarokas
• Thai: คลิปสปริงเงอร์ (klíp sà-bpring nger)
• Tigre: አምበርሀጋ m (ʾämbärhäga)
• Tswana: mokabaowane
• Zulu: igogo

References

• klipspringer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oreotragus oreotragus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oreotragus oreotragus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klipspringer. By surface analysis, klip (“rock”) +‎ springer (“jumper”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

klipspringer (plural klipspringers)

1. klipspringer

Descendants

• → English: klipspringer

Dutch

Etymology

From klip (“rock”) + springer (“jumper”). Attested since the early 18th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

klipspringer m (plural klipspringers, diminutive klipspringertje n)

1. the klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klipspringer
  • → English: klipspringer

Further reading

• klipspringer on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl